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I bought a slightly used Z150 of of the classifieds about 7 months ago. The fork performed pefectly , but now the right fork leg is spewing oil. The seal is so bad that there is an oil spot on the garage floor where I parked the bike. No worries as I have a set of Enduro seals on the way. I have owned 4 other zocchi forks and only had to replace the seals on a z1 after about 18 months. I change my fork oil about 3-4 times per yr with stock weight Golden Spectra. Is it strange that the seals failed so quickly? How long should seals last? Could the air preload assit(5psi) have caused this? I did bottom the fork badly( Metal -to- Metal clank) once while hucking to a flat landing!
The second time I changed the oil in this fork, which was after the seal had started leaking. I pulled the stantions out of the sliders to take a look at the seals, and to scout replacing them. I re-assembled the fork, added the correct amount of oil to each leg, but I had for got to put one of the dust wipers back on, so I pulled the stantions out again to put the dust wiper back on. When I put it all back together the oil level was a-lot lower than what it had been. I added more oil to each leg to get the correct level and caped it up. I didn't spill any of the oil, where did it go?
The second time I changed the oil in this fork, which was after the seal had started leaking. I pulled the stantions out of the sliders to take a look at the seals, and to scout replacing them. I re-assembled the fork, added the correct amount of oil to each leg, but I had for got to put one of the dust wipers back on, so I pulled the stantions out again to put the dust wiper back on. When I put it all back together the oil level was a-lot lower than what it had been. I added more oil to each leg to get the correct level and caped it up. I didn't spill any of the oil, where did it go?