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My CCM 404, with WP suspension (like KTMs) has started to leak. It is only enough to make the front a bit 'moist', it isn't pouring out - yet. How bad is this? It is obviously just one - the front right fork - is it a big deal?

I am thinking the left will support it for riding, while I get a spare part sorted? I assume it is probably just a new rubber seal I need to get put on, which leads me to my next question...

am I likely to find a fork seal in southern Morocco/ Western Sahara/Mauritania, or are these 'non standard' between different bikes and therefore difficult to get (ie need one posting from UK).

Appreciate this might be all quite vague but any info would be useful cheers,

Chris

1. As FW and MD mentioned, a wee bit of oil leaking isn't a big deal UNTIL it gets on your disc brake...that's a safety issue...your stopping power is SIGNIFICANTLY reduced...it happened to me on my K. If that happens...make sure you use brake cleaner/petrol to get if off your rotor AND pads...scuff your pads and rotor afterwards.

2. Again as FW and MD mentioned, try to dislodge dirt with 35mm film or hard paper if that's what's causing the seal leakage, ...BUT not something that will "etch" a channel onto the tube. The material you use to dislodge MUST be softer than the rubber seal and the fork tube.

3. If its NOT a speckle of dirt, but on closer inspection ends up being a groove or channel; decide if you can ride it out without it getting onto your brake rotor. The last resort is to replace the seal en route, if you can find.

In Casablanca, down the street from the Mauritanian embassy is a KTM dealer, and depending on the size of your tube, they may have a seal that will work. Not sure about Mauri or Senegal...definitely nothing in Western Sahara, unless you get lucky in Layounne. In Dakar there is a shop that makes seals for vehicles, but not sure for motos; BUT the Dakar police do ride motos(BMWs, Hondas, and Kawis...).

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