Fork seals leaking @19,000 miles on ODO

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Reviving this thread...

Was ready to head out for Christmas Eve day ride, but noticed a few drops of oil on the floor below the left side fork seal. Ruh-ro.




Well, times like these is what I bought the W800 for, so it got the legs stretched instead of the CB1100. After a wonderful 40 degree ride tarnished slightly by a much colder than that drizzle the last 5 miles of 50, I started thinking about the fork seals. I remembered and found this thread, and knew that I had bought the tool, but not the motion pro one, but rather the Rhino Seal Doctor one.

I think it was about $20 5 years ago. I think I bought it instead of the motion pro because it was sturdier...IDK, or maybe because it was red.

I actually bought it for my KLR650 at the time because it had leaky seals. It worked once, but a year later started leaking bad...new seals solved the issue then.

So I'm hopeful the seal doctor device works for the CB leak.

After wiping down the fork and cleaning it, carefully pried up the dust seal


Inserted the hooked end and circled the fork seal 2x


And this is what came out


Yum! Although...does that look like "meant to be there" grease type material to keep the fork oil in?

Or just build-up that was causing the leak?


The other end of the tool is for cleaning the inside of the dust cap


Compressed the forks several times, a bit of residual oil, and did that a few times till all dry


Video of clean check:

[url=https://i.imgur.com/pBhBLP1.mp4]https://i.imgur.com/pBhBLP1.mp4

Did the same for the other fork and the same built-up pasty material was removed. Forks are bone dry. Now I need to test ride to confirm.