Z650 Forks

[chimp]

G'day All
Just wondering if anyone knows of someone in" VIC " who can reco forks that have pitting ( I've been told it can only be done in QLD )

[Gosling1]

Have you tried linishing the legs yourself, and polishing ? You do need a pedestal-mounted bench grinder fitted with polishing mops for this, but it is entirely possible to do this job yourself, as long as the pitting is minor, and not in the region where the fork seals move over.

Most of the old z650 fork legs I have seen in the past have some sort of pitting, but usually located up the fork leg near the lower triple clamp....you can clean this up pretty well, rotate the forks around a bit and 'bingo' instant better view !

If the pitting is deep, then the legs need to have all the plating removed, and re-plated. You could talk to any local plating service to see if they can do the job.....it's not hugely difficult.

[chimp]

Thanks Gos, the pitting is pretty severe and well within the compression area, however I actually found a place in "braeside" southern burb's of melb that does hard chrome & will be sent off next week, again thanks for your sage advice, pete

[Gosling1]

Good to hear.....