Will fork seals leak if.....

[bee]

AThere's too much oil in them??  Just did the seals a few weeks ago with the help of Terry and it seemed to be a done deal.  But to my dismay, the right fork is leaking again as of this morning.

Is it more than likely going to be another seal job or could the oil level be to much?  I lifted the dust cap and the C clips are seated properly so it doesn't look like the seal is lifted at all.

Any ideas?

[Greg Cothern]

Yep get too much oil in the forks and they will leak!

[Curtis_Valk]

Before you tear it down again, it could be a small speck of trash that got in the seal.  I have heard of an old biker trick which is to work a piece of 35mm film up in there between the fork tube and the seal to push out any junk and make the seal stop leaking.  Never tried it, but in your situation that's the first thing I would try.

Curtis

[bee]

I'll give that a try.  Never heard of that but it seems like it makes sense.  Thanks.