Hi

Well those pesky potholes on the Carraterra Austral, lovely though it was, finally got both my fork seals and I´m now enjoying fork oil running down my forks onto my brake calipers. I´ve stemmed it by wrapping cloth round the forks but here are my Q´s:

1. I´m in Bariloche, Argentina. Is there anyone here that could fix them (its a holiday today so no bike shops open) or is it a DIY number? I´ve seen a place called Ctork on the net so will try them tomorrow.

2. If DIY, I assume any correctly sized fork seals will do but I am aware of the differences in this BMW fork system and it uses a lubricating oil rather than normal fork oil. Do I really need BMW lubricating oil and if not, will normal fork oil do?

3. If I can´t find any correct oil here, will it make it to San Rafael where I belive there is a BMW guy? It rides fine just now but the oil will eventually stop coming out and I´m not too sure what the implications are for the forks if I run it without lubricating oil for another 1000miles.

In El Bolson yesterday I was quoted 250ps (arg) for labour and 130ps for the seals and some 15w oil. I declined as I´ve read it should be do-able in an hour or two. Plus the mechanic appeared to be asking a teenager at the garage how long he thought it would take so I was out of there!

Cheers

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Mike


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