I have leaking forks between the slider and the aluminium lower section. I have bought some new oil seals, dust covers and lower bushes. My dealer tells me the upper bushes hardly ever wear out. This will save me £28 plus postage.
What do the experts think on here? The bike has done 30k miles
Thanks
I'm assuming this is for FZS1000 (as per your main bike) and not FZ1. When you say bushes I'm also assuming you mean slides, your strealer talking crap mate, these wear at the same rate. That said unless you've or previous owners have been off roading, or low on oil they don't as a rule wear that much, I wouldn't expect them to need replacing on a bike of 30k.
Most fork seals fail due either to crud build up in the seal gland/s or the stantion is damaged, pitted or bent, the other common is cheap replacement seals and/or badly fitted i.e. bent. Thoroughly inspect the stantion surface for any signs of the above mentioned, if none is present it's likely it's just crud, which often can just be cleaned or that they're cheap seals and have failed. As you've got new just fit them, be careful removing the old ones and be sure to drift the new olds in square or you'll bend them and they'll be leaking in no time.