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Mike_Berkshire:
A great tip Ted; thanks. I used the handle of our patio broom, banged 2 panel pins into it about 5mm apart, cut the heads off and dropped it down the tube. With one nail either side of the roll pin in the damper, the fork leg in the vise and the head of the broom stopping rotation I got it out no trouble. I have discovered that ancient fork oil smells not unlike sewage too. Onwards to the next challenge.

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
The worst oil smell I've experienced has been with car diff oil.

Bryanj:
You wana smell the stuff that comes out of a Leyland lock up flywheel on a coach, its burn the ovies if you splash it

andy120t:
Fork oil is revolting. At least there was some in there!

Mike_Berkshire:
Having recovered from the stink of old fork oil I have been doing some work on the forks. Im looking forward to polishing the aluminium lower legs but before I treat myself to that task I thought I would give the top tubes a going over. After removing the rust on the top ends of the tubes (Scotchbrite) there is some fairly heavy pitting. The pitting is where I would expect it: mostly in the headlamp ears area but also some about an inch or so beneath the lower triple tree. The lower part of the tubes is pit-free and pretty good, there were no obvious signs of oil leaking from the oil seals when I took the forks apart so Im assuming at the business end the tubes are good. Now I need to work out what to do. Im not intending for a full restoration, I want a safe, sound bike to ride when finished. Ive read other posts about getting the hard chrome specialists in Luton to rechrome the legs but I could use the £200+ on so many other things. Also, I dont know if the pitting is something they could deal with? I would be really grateful for any suggestions from those that have gone before. Thanks, Mike

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