After I took the fork boots off, I started to notice a thin layer of oil on the right top compressed fork after riding. Its not running out/down, just a small flim amount. I havent had them apart before so all parts are originial. Coming up on 15K miles. Dealer replaced fluid at 10K service. Didnt notice the flim then and installed the fork boots shortly after that. Is the seal bad? ok to leave alone? Possibly too much fluid?

 

I'd go with a bad seal. The oil has to get past it before it leaves any residue.

 

I had my fork seals replaced under warranty on my 2011 dyna superglide. The were just seeping like yours and the dealer thought it would go away but it didn't.

 

Hey Rainmakr, did not see Intiminators on your build thread. Might be time!?

 

So when my bike started to leave an oil film on the slider tube at about 15 K like yours, I ordered a bunch of new parts for the assembly and had the dealer replace them along with the oil seals.

O ring. Dust seal. Oil seal. Slider tube bushing. Fork tube bushing. Snap ring. And if they muck up the slider cover (chrome) during disassembly and you care, get two of those too.

I made sure they had the parts before starting the job. The parts do not cost much (except the chrome covers), most of the expense is in labor

 

The oil seals should not be going bad at 15k, usually the bushing go bad and that causes slop in the tubes and that is what makes the seal go bad.
Yea to what coop creek said, replace all the inner parts if you have it apart.
In all honesty unless it is real bad, I would just ride it, unless it is covered, by extended.
Man those Japanese just don't make there parts as good as they used to.

 

I wouldn't just ride it...fix it. They also found the cause of my seal going out was a bent tube. I'm glad I had it checked out

 

You can save yourself a little money by pulling the forks yourself. Cut down on some of the labor time.

 

Im thinking about getting the lowers powdercoated. Might just wait until then and get everthing replaced. Its not really a leak more of a film. I wouldnt have even noticed it if I hadnt removed the fork boots. Ride quality is the same.

 

And the mod list continues to grow....haha