Not likely with that much rust damage on the operating part of the stanchion tubes, you'll never keep the oil in them. Rust is the result of iron that was once in the steel and has since turned to dirt. Remove the rust and now you have pits in the surface where oil can pass the seal. No re-plating can be done seeing as they were never plated to begin with. Rear shocks are likely to have suffered a similar fate.
New Member, Ben
Hi I'm Ben getting back into biking after having to take a couple of decades off, due to a sick wife.
Went down to my farm today and pulled my old Yamaha XS650 out of the dirt.
It will be my cafe racer.
Went down to my farm today and pulled my old Yamaha XS650 out of the dirt.
It will be my cafe racer.
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What do you call expensive?
All new parts from Race Tech to fix you forks add up to less then a grand, their rebuild labour cost is ~$250
Still comes close to a grand even if they do the service.
New Ohlins forks would cost 3 times that or more plus commit you to changing things like the fork yokes, brakes and axle to fit anything other then 35mm forks.
Do you want to repair it for a grand, or do you want to drop 3-5 grand into a state of the art front suspension
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