WookinPaNub
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Bike: 2013 Super Tenere
Background: Put the bike down, have scored both inner tubes on the front forks enough that a new seal replacement isn't stopping the leaking.
Bike Shop: They are recommending replacing both inner tubes, races, seals, etc. Pretty expensive estimate. Complete fork replacement is even more.
Intent: Not looking to upgrade my suspension over stock (unless the price and effort are directly comparable). This recession (if we're now allowed to call it that after 6+ months of it) has tightened my budget considerably.
Questions / thoughts:
Darin
Background: Put the bike down, have scored both inner tubes on the front forks enough that a new seal replacement isn't stopping the leaking.
Bike Shop: They are recommending replacing both inner tubes, races, seals, etc. Pretty expensive estimate. Complete fork replacement is even more.
Intent: Not looking to upgrade my suspension over stock (unless the price and effort are directly comparable). This recession (if we're now allowed to call it that after 6+ months of it) has tightened my budget considerably.
Questions / thoughts:
- Thought: I believe I have the mechanical aptitude to perform the rebuild the Shop is estimating after watching this Fork Rebuild Tutorial, but I'm not sure I want to and the total cost per fork after getting the materials and tools required seems comparable to just getting the entire fork.
- Thought: The entire fork are part numbers 23P-23102-11-00 (left) and 23P-23103-11-00 (right) I believe. And with a cost of about $900 per fork I'm guaranteed the integrity of the entire unit and with the above video I'm definitely confident I can complete this repair.
- Question: Is there a significant benefit to the rebuild (assuming retaining stock components) over the full fork replacement that I am not seeing?
- Question: I've seen a number of aftermarket suspension component options (Ohlins, Stoltec, etc) but not an aftermarket complete fork assembly for drop in replacement - are there any?
- Question: Are there cheaper options / sources for the entire fork assembly I'm not considering?
Darin