Red: Fork Seal Saga, Part 4

Realized that maybe I could get smaller o-rings which would then end up being tighter around the fork tube itself.  Picked up some #18s from Ace which were 24mm ID (not realizing I already had a few from the earlier purchase)

Pulled both forks because I first had to switch back to the old "black" springs to hopefully fix the binding issue.

Left the left seal alone since it seemed to be ok, but this time used two stacked #18s on the right side (same position: on top of the seal but under the metal washer).

Testing in the garage was encouraging... the binding issue was gone and the right seal was all dry.

Went for a couple mile ride and things still seemed okay.

Went for a much longer ride the following morning and was getting a tiny bit of binding but definitely not as bad as with the gold springs.

But also found that the right fork was leaking again, but this time it was coming from the bottom of the seal unit and not the top.  It also was very little fluid compared to the earlier leaks.

That said, I wonder if it's worth going back in and putting some o-rings underneath the unit so that they are sandwiched between the unit on the top and the piston on the bottom.