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Left fork making bad noises!

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Old Aug 15, 2017 | 01:10 PM
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Default Left fork making bad noises!

In a previous post I talked about rebuilding my forks with a Burly Low Boy set up. The instal went fine and I replaced all usual parts including upper and lower bushings as well as oil lock pieces. Everything feels fine and rides great. Since then I ended up doing some touch up paint on the sliders so I took the wheel off. But when I was doing the paint I felt the left fork grinding when I rotated the slider around. Right side is fine. What gives??
 
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Old Aug 15, 2017 | 10:06 PM
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Oil lock retainer bolt up through the bottom tight?
 
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Old Aug 16, 2017 | 05:48 AM
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Yup I had to recheck that one because there was a little weep of oil after the initial install
 
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