The main event was swapping the left fork seal housing in the hopes it would fix the leak. Got a couple of fork bottoms on eBay that were very perished and really almost the only usable thing was one good housing.
So the fender and wheel came off. Then unscrewed the fork bottom from the housing. Then unbolted the fork leg itself.
Examining the left leaky housing, it was obvious how worn down it was. The new eBay one did look much better.
Swapped it over, flipped the spring right way up (the narrow coils go on top!) and put the fork back finger tight.
But I had also seen some weeping on the right side and sure enough, that housing was pretty perished as well. Not having a second good housing to use, all I could do was clean it up as much as possible and replace the o-ring. Hopefully that's enough. At least it never leaked as badly as the left.
Added a touch over 100 mL of oil back to each side.
With the wheel off, also took a look at why the front brake seemed so weak (especially compared to Ivy's). Didn't really see anything wrong with the brake itself, so I'm worried that maybe the drum lining is worn down, which unfortunately means a new wheel hub. Though that kills two birds with one stone so that I could balance and true it at the same time. A job for another day...
Also got excited fitting the speedo cable until I realized that there was no speedo gear! Added the cable for now, but will need to wait for the part.
Then went to torque the rear flange bolts only to find that 3 out of the 4 would spin endlessly. All I could really do was try to hold them in place with the tabs. Will need to check them often.
Found a tiny leak from the bottom of the base plate, but it's a very slow leak.
Finally, added the new thermometer to the bars (the one that I got from an Instagram add and then took 2 weeks to arrive...)
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