There could be a few things:
- Binding in the bushings. To avoid knocking in the lowers the tolerances are tight, if too tight it won't be smooth. Best for a tuner to fix this.
- 2022 means it's been sitting in a box for a while. Not likely to leak oils but anything is possible. Performing the...
Unless I'm misunderstanding the situation, oil inside the stanchion would almost never make its way to the outside of the stanchion.
Any oil/grease on the outside of the stanchion, I'm guessing it's appearing above the wipers, would be coming from the lowers. This is not after a service for a...