Hi, i have dismantled my front forks and have a few questions.
   The internal of the sliders [lower legs] at the bottom are very rough as opposed to the upper section which is          smooth, is this normal? 
   Looking in from the top.


   Looking in through the small hole in the bottom of the slider.


      The surface of the valve housing that is attached to the damper rod has also a rough finish. 
   I am assuming that the valve housing is rubbing on the internal wall of the slider.


      Also, the Manual has a diagram showing the main spring having a spring retainer / spring seat, in its          
   comments it implies not all will have these spring seats. Having dismanted mine i find it does not have them,   
      would it improve things to purchase and fit these on reassembly?

      The screws that hold the damper rods in place are different in length, does it matter?
   The damper rod is hollow so the longer one does not interfere with anything.


   And for those Metrically challenged 


   Appreciate your comments,   Cheers   Dale

It's a long time since I had standard forks on a K, but I do remember way back in the 80's dismantling the original forks and its always stuck with me how crudely finished the aluminium parts - damper rod, valve parts, spacers etc - seemed to be. Back then I was working in precision engineering/fluid control and I just expected something far better on a German-engineered machine.

Hopefully others will be along to advise you about this.

DaleRT wrote:Hi, i have dismantled my front forks and have a few questions.

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The appearance of the internals is the result of corrosion and abrasion that will occur when replacement of fluids, seals and bushings is neglected.

Thanks Laitch, lets see now.