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Porous Fork Tube(s) Technical-Bikes
Started Nov-27 by pagomichaelh (MichaelHomsa); 279 views.
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?
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 
).
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