92 FLSTC front fork question

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04-22-2017, 12:11 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by grbrown

There should be a set of those parts in each fork slider. They are the damper tube, bottoming-out spring and 'lower stop', a silly name for a part which centres and secures the damper tube. A screw holds the tube and stop in place.

FWIW,
That's a Top Out spring to dampen "topping-out" and that lower stop is not for centering and securing the damper, it provides a Hydraulic "stop" (aka "oil lock") by blocking the oil path when the tube starts to cover the taper of the lower stop