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Well that would be bad news, but could explain what’s happening. When working on the forks, I never clamped the lower like that, but...

Well I got my seals today. They went into the lower tubes with old moderate bashing. They were most likely looser fitting than before...

Still no seals and it’s been a week. Not happy😡. I was thinking tonight about the suggestion to add extra oil to the fork legs. I...

8C right now. Still not nice riding weather☹️

Had anyone here ever done a valve adjustment on a Ducati desmo, 4 valve per cylinder? After is overdue to do this service and wonders...

He usual is. lol.

Your rounding of the tip of the screwdriver makes great sense. I’ll round the end of one of my tire irons. I noticed when removing my...

As previously mentioned the po had put some gouges and scratches in the lower fork tubes where the seals seat. I cleaned out the marks...

After honing I needed to give the jugs a good bath in warm water with Dawn dishwashing soap. It took many, many washes to rid the bores...

Interesting… I’m hearing a new noise or vibration at certain engine speeds. Last winter I changed the center stand stop. I noticed on...

I haven’t tried this but thought it shareworthy. https://www.facebook.com/share/r/18xDGLzM27/

That’s a fine looking ride Raymond, I’ve always liked the look. That rim could be painted up insitu. A bit of patience with a roll of...

No need to tell me about taking on too many things. I had an aggressive goal over the past 12 months to get a bunch of stuff done but...

I thought the red rubber grease might be good here. Well I have lots of options now! My new seals haven’t arrived yet.

Look what I found when I went to buy grease today. This stuff if pretty thick. I’ll get a tub of it for you if you make it north if the...

Great tip Jim. Thx.

Red or white lithium grease? Or is this also an application for red rubber grease?

Thx. I have a good qty of Tungsten Disulphide on hand and will use it on the new seals. I’ll use some lithium grease too. The inside...

Second mystery solved. Looks like I must have damaged the seal when I installed it. I do remember that side being very difficult to...

Memory refreshed now. Piston is in the bottom of the tube👍🏻

The rod measures .5860” diameter.

Just completed the @gggGary bent fork test and all looked ok. Draining the fork tubes right now. Looks like close to 175ml of oil. This...

Well with limited testing done I think working lube into the seal has eliminated the skid marks. A friend suggested a feeler gauge to...

K thx. I’ll reserve further comments until I get my forks apart later this week. Right now I’m asking questions from my fuzzy memory of...

Great video - what a nice collection of bikes and friends! Wish I could make it there one year.

A friend suggested I try to work some fork oil into the seal that’s leaving the skid marks on the tube. I wiped the tube down with...

Thx Gary. I’m still puzzled - is the “piston” assembly only on some variants of the damper rod - or is it just missing in your picture...

I will post the diameter of the rod when I get it apart (probably in a day or two). Are the pieces in the picture stacked up in the...

Thanks Gary. My damper looks like exhibit A in your first picture above but it has the extra bits shown in my photo, plus a retaining...

‘76 XS650C. I just want to be sure the order of the inner pieces is correct.

Back when I re/re my (‘76) fork seals, I disassembled the damper rods (for no reason 🙁) and I recall I messed up the order of reassembly...

No problem, thanks for your comments. Over and above seal dimensions there’s too many seal types to chose from so I think taking the...