oil on the floor....

[mconlogue]

looks like I have a busted seal on the right fork tube..
just returned from my daughters CIA graduation, with my wife and son. 850 miles over 3 days. not too shabby for my wife whose biggest day (ever) was previously 200 miles!
She had her '07 V-Star 1100 Custom on the turnpike for 6+ hours following me, with my son riding sweep on his VFR. She did note that I had her doing 81+ MPH, and I attempted to convince her it was her speedo error~ :rotf:

When I went out to the garage this AM, I saw oil on the floor on the right side. Its either the fork tube, or the right side brake, but the brake level is good, and ABS is still working....

Thoughts??

[gunny]

Pay back from the wifr for the 80+ thing.

Many years ago had a co-worker who was playful and liked to play tricks on people. He got me real good and I waited until a wet rainy friday afternoon and poured half a quart of red ATF under his freshly rebuilt pick up. As it was wet, it made a huge puddle, threw him into a panic, called the man who rebuilt the engine, it was great, from my point of view.

[wilbar00c]

I had the same scenario last summer. Wipe the fork tube down, wrap a heavy duty paper shop towel, folded, around the housing just below the upper edge, tie wrap it, and just ride it. Check to see if the towel gets soaked with strut oil. Change seal as a last resort. I've gone from 50K to 60K with no additional leaking. Same old seal.
Barnett

[was]

Don't forget to check your front shock as well. If it is the seal on the fork assembly, you should see a thin film of oil on the upper fork tube, and perhaps a line of oil to the point where it dripped onto the floor. The oil seal is down in the lower part, the slider. Clymer has a pretty understandable procedure for removing and replacing the oil seal. You seem already to have ruled out the front brake, but a few drops of DOT4 on the floor will not change the level in the front reservoir significantly, so look with a strong light for any signs of brake fluid on the outsides of the calipers and on all the brake lines. If you haven't located the leak at this point, inspect the front shock for oil. It's tougher to do because you can't see much of it. Up near the top there's a hole in the shock housing out of which oil will pump if the seal fails. I doubt it can be the steering damper, since that's on the other side. Good luck with your search.

[Gino]

looks like I have a busted seal on the right fork tube..

Well... Looks like I am now afflicted with the same leak... Other than lubrication for the slider, what does the oil do?

Can I expect to see any handling issues with a leaky seal?

[mconlogue]

the fluid will hose up your brake pads, get it fixed asap!

[Gino]

the fluid will hose up your brake pads, get it fixed asap!

Well I didn't think about THAT part of the handling.... :wow: !!!

Thanks for the heads-up...