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To anyone who knows:

The fork seal on the left side my bike has been leaking (and drooling onto the brake pads). I disassembled the forks to clean out the seals last night.  I found that the fork tube (or slider) has 3 nicks in the finish, one of them quite deep, right about at the dust boot area when the forks are fully extended.  I lightly sanded the nicks with #600 wet/dry sandpaper, cleaned every thing up and put it back together.  Question - If this doesn's solve the leak - is it better to replace the fork slider tube or send it out for replating (if that's possible)?

Thanks,
Dave

I did the same thing (sanded the nicks with fine paper) on the TY and it seemed to work good.  Hopefully you won't need to worry about it.

Thanks!

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sounds interesting, whats the deal

we  have had luck   just filling the scratches with super glue    (a high spot is better than a sharp edge low spot)

Hello There is a way you can copper plate the scratch with a battery and copper salt and a brush. Its called brush plating and can be done buy anyone at home. Best wishs FRANKIE

Thanks - I will do the super glue repair.  Someone else also mentioned the superglue repair on another forum. They said to add baking soda to accelerate the glue cure, then wet sand with #600, while checking the sanding progress by running your fingernail over the repaired area.   ;D