Another VF500F fork question - repacking

I was hoping some of you folks with fork experiance could take a look at these pictures and tell me what the odds are that these sliders will accept seals.

There's some damage at the top of the slider tube and there is some amount of out-of-round. I've never done forks. I can see from the parts list what order the seals go in but it's hard to tell where everything seats. There are some nicks in the tube too but I can try to polish down any high spots. :frown:

Clearly the right answer would be to replace them but that just isn't a likely option at this point unless they fall from the sky right into my lap. I can attempt to massage some of the damage out of the tube... Anyway, both tubes have some damage in the same spot. I'm sure one of you can tell me how this happens but all I can figure is some dummy uses ratchet strap hooks on the fork tubes during transport.:crazy:

This is the outboard side of the left hand tube. The tube on the left has the worst damage.


Another photo from the front of the bike. Because of the orientation, you see color removed from the tube in the bottom of the picture. This is the inboard side of the tube and that is just from a line chaffing over the years. Look at the outboard side of the photo (top of the picture) and see the deformation.

 

TC - updated with new image, maybe that helps...

 

Thanks Jamie.

Can you enlighten me on how this happens?

Is there any way to know if the bushings are ok before tearing it down and measuring?

Typically, I'd just replace any wear components and be done with it but money has just got too tight and I've already thrown more money at this bike than I normally would spend on something I picked up as a "project"

 

How long should it take a guy to pull one side down, repack, and reinstall?

The left side is really leaking bad and I am hoping, weather permitting, to truck my bike over the mountains next weekend for a post-turkey day ride.

Even if I could order one kit tomorrow, I wouldn't get it 'till Tuesday if I was lucky and I would have Tuesday evening to reassemble and that's that hit the road jack.

But really, unless I'm completely dead/immobile/caput, I don't like to tear stuff down and wait for anticipated parts to come in when "promised"

 

I bought the seal, dust seal, and bushings from my local mother honda store back in November.