Anyone have a clue about the CHEAPEST, RELIABLE repair I could do to a fork leg?

He's talking about a pit, YTC.

Or maybe not.....

 

He's talking about a pit, YTC.[/QUOTE]

Now I've had time to have a closer look I see several teeny weeny
raised 'spots' on the staunchion.

Definately raised...

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Regards from Mike Barnard
Yamaha FJR 1300
Worthing, West Sussex.

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Little blisters in the chrome, innit. There will (have been) a
stonechip or fault in the chrome and a bit of corrosion will have
started. This may be only the size of a pinhole, but it's enough to
let corrosion start.

As the corrosion builds up, it pushes the chrome up into a bump. Take
off any rough edges that will rip seals, especially sharp flakes of
chrome. Rub them down smooth with an oilstone or progressively finer
emery cloth, fill any pits with QuickSteel or Araldite, smooth that
off and away ye go.

 

AOL

(but not on a CB)

 

A length of studding a few nuts of the right size and or weld a nut on
to a smaller one and the jobs done.

Very lightly stone the rough bit flat and fill the dent with daub of
liquid metal. When it's really hard stone that down and polish.FJ club is the source of all bits at a sensible price.

 

For those few of you who may be interested I took my partly stripped
forks to Keys (my dealer) who lent me the tool. It's a long hollow
pipe with cutouts to fit over a part of the damper body in the depths
of the fork leg, so no, I couldn't bodge it with some rod and nuts
etc. Thanks anyway.

Also I have decided to have the tubes rechromed by a professional
company. £125 for both, including collection and delivery and they
should now last longer than two more years. I hope. Maybe. Still
cheaper than one new tube with it's bare minimum of chrome.

Thanks for your tips and hints. Now I have to cycle to work (20 miles
return) for the next week. Ouch.

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Yamaha FJR 1300
Worthing, West Sussex.

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Mike Barnard said...

This is on the FJR? I'd buy some donkey-dick gaiters IIWY, it's not like
you'd see them on an FJR and they'll protect the stanchions from further
damage in future.

 

Yes, it is. 2 years of all weather riding is too much for the thin
yamaha plating. Good point about the gaiters, I'll do that. Got any
in 't shop?


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Worthing, West Sussex.

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Mike Barnard said...

I don't work in't shop any more. You should be able to get them from any
reasonably small back street bike shop. Forget the bigger dealers, they
can't be arsed to stock stuff like that or even buy in one pair.

 

I suppose that would only work with RWU forks...

What would one do to stop stone chips on USD forks?

 

Every bike I've seen with USD forks (except the customised
streetfighter types) has had slider protectors fitted (usually as an
extension of the mudguard), which would deflect flying stones and
prevent chips.

 

Wot he said