fork rod damper???

[madjap]

anybody ELSE have fork rod damper's that look like these in their 650? I did a lot of looking around at pics and the exact match came to a 1968-69-70 Yamaha DT1. No WONDER my Clymer pics look so goddam different to me!

 

[jetmechmarty]

My first guess is that you don't have XS650 forks. Although, I don't know what the earliest fork internals look like.

 

[madjap]

Looks like it huh? I know this bike was wrecked...HARD at one point in it's life. My lower legs look right, the tubes MAY be right...? Dunno. No matter, as long as they work. We will SEE!

 

[fredintoon]

Hi madjap,
it's that Yamaha bike parts swap about like LEGO. Mostly that's a good thing but sometimes it will mess with your head.

 

[madjap]

Well I say THANK GOD then...! I like swapping! Wait...

 

[jetmechmarty]

I just took apart a 1973 TX650 fork leg. It is identical to yours. In your picture, are the parts in the correct order and properly oriented? Mine fell apart and I'm clueless. I just started a thread on it.

 

[madjap]

Yep, that's the correct order! well, that's how they BOTH looked when I took them out...

 

[jetmechmarty]

When I carefully removed the second one, I verified it was identical to yours. Thank you again.