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Porous Fork Tube(s)   Technical-Bikes

Started Nov-27 by pagomichaelh (MichaelHomsa); 283 views.
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pagomichaelh (MichaelHomsa)

From: pagomichaelh (MichaelHomsa)

Nov-27

Hi All,

It looks to me that the castings of the fork tubes have become porous.

Has anyone else experienced this?  It's like they're 'sweating' fork oil.

TIA,

Michael

 
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From: Sick Mick* (quick_mick)

Nov-27

Wow.......that's strange. I've never seen anything like it. Possibly a poor casting to start with? 

 
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pagomichaelh (MichaelHomsa)

From: pagomichaelh (MichaelHomsa)

Nov-28

Generally, aluminum castings are sealed by 'flashing' them, so I'm guessing a mfg defect.

I'll need to figure out something, they have a lot of corrosion on them as well (even being garaged, living on a 19.5x3 mile island means whatever can't corrode, rots disappointed ).

 
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