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Fork keeps tilting forward slowly

The Fork keeps tilting forward slowly. With ignition on as well as with ignition off. Only 2 years old and less then 500 working hours.
  • Posted 27 Mar 2019 17:53
  • By bert_r
  • joined 27 Mar'19 - 1 message
  • Germany
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Sounds like worn piston seals at one of the tilt cylinders,causing internal leakage
  • Posted 21 May 2019 02:58
  • By Bavaros
  • joined 16 Jun'12 - 21 messages
  • xanthi, Greece
Would go for the ram seals first that's the likely culprit
  • Posted 11 Apr 2019 23:02
  • By alanmitsi
  • joined 8 Aug'13 - 151 messages
  • essex, United Kingdom
It's most likely one of the seals in the hydraulic tilt valve have gone bad. follow the tilt lever assembly below the dash and remove the front floor section and you will see all the valves grouped together. A new replacement is quite expensive ($3,000), however they are rebuild-able and the seal kit costs less that $100.
  • Posted 11 Apr 2019 04:34
  • By Allan
  • joined 27 Oct'17 - 4 messages
  • California, United States

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