it can get prettu grotty if water gets in there
Thinking about this, I'm wonerding if it might pay to do a pre-wash with a light petroleum product like kerosene, motvating the forks, as possible, to let the bushings do some cleanup.
Now about the word "grotty", I had never heard it outside of the slang that started with California sufers in the '60's, like at Malibu and County Line, but it was "grody". I was there. Both forms originating from "grotesque" according to the internets. Surfs up djiude!
Richard L.