mcmlcccvrs
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These marks you see in the black circle aren't scratches. They appear to be tiny pits about 40mm (to the lowest one) from the top of the slider. Corrosion? I can easily snag a tiny, flat-bladed screw driver on them which tells me it will scratch my stanchion and probably did, although I have dressed the stanchion with 600 grit emery cloth. I have tried removing them with 600 grit but it appears it's going to be more than a few passes with sandpaper to do this.
I believe they are high enough in the slider so that suspension travel with scratch the stanchion and that area will then pass by the fork seal, possibly/probably nicking the seal and causing it to leak.
I have no idea if they were there last winter when I upgraded my front forks with Race Tech emulators and springs but they could have easily been missed.
What do you guys think I should do-sand some more and try and get them out or look for a set of used fork tubes/stanchions? The latter wouldn't be hard to locate at all.
I believe they are high enough in the slider so that suspension travel with scratch the stanchion and that area will then pass by the fork seal, possibly/probably nicking the seal and causing it to leak.
I have no idea if they were there last winter when I upgraded my front forks with Race Tech emulators and springs but they could have easily been missed.
What do you guys think I should do-sand some more and try and get them out or look for a set of used fork tubes/stanchions? The latter wouldn't be hard to locate at all.