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These things used to un-bond for a pass-time. My old ones (not carbon) came unglued at the brace – I've heard of others going on the dropouts too.
Really quite a basic fork all told – just a full-length nylon tube that the stantions slid in for stiction damping and, in the case of mine, steel springs or elastomers (which will probably be shot by now to be honest)
My Rocky Team Comp came with them as standard, but the pristine Team Comp I picked up last year had them replaced under warranty with Project 2s.
i have a set of carbon ones, a bit corroded around the alu, but seem sound, but i aint going ot be using them in any hurry, have used the all alu ones before with no worries, and have a set also