can fork bushings be sourced-replaced? senada 26x4 bike.

[derekderek]

I scared up a pair of Senadas. seem to be decent build quality. both have 4 and 5k on the odometers. fork bushings on one have a lot of play when braking. wondering if there is a fork bushing out there and how to get them out of the forks.

 

[99t4]

Maybe. What brand/model are the forks?

 

[derekderek]

no-name and senada will cough up no details. just new forks-200 bucks 5 week wait.

 

[Chalo]

$200 new forks probably won't have spare parts available either.

 

[99t4]

no-name and senada will cough up no details. just new forks-200 bucks 5 week wait.

Not looking good. Do they resemble any name-brand (serviceable) models?

 

[dgc]

Like these - https://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholes...rk-guides.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.search.0 perhaps adapt something like these.

 

[derekderek]

so they are slider sleeves. $1.50 a pair? sounds kinda pricey to me. google mtb slider sleeves and there are the ones already in the US for 10 bucks.

 

[dgc]

This comes down where one is in the world, over here in the UK that is reasonable to get a pair of front forks working again.

 

[derekderek]

looks like most are metal bushings which have to be driven out with a special tool.
bushing extractor tool is about 250 bucks. so unless doing these as a side job...
if it can be made, it can be fixed. doesn't necessarily mean it is worth the trouble.

 

[dgc]

Most of them are split ABS, PTFE or another in a standard fork so they just pull out unless the fat bike forks have metal bushes which I thought would be split as well.