Front fork bushings
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Front fork bushings
first I want to thank all of you for the help on my carb and tripmeter. I've got a new problem/question I know you can help me with.
I have pretty oxidized and down right shitty looking from fork tubes. I have an 89 fxstc with stock forks.
so I have the service manual cracked open and all it well. I'm pretty confident. Then I get the lower separated from the tube. That's where I need the help. I get them apart and low and behold there are 3 bushings in there. 2 tube bushings and 1 slider bushing. 1 each here I expected them and after about 10 minutes for letting the tube sit upside down, the 2nd tube bushing in there. Now I highly doubt the manual is wrong, so was the previous owner lazy and left it, or is there a "trick of the trade" that I don't know about?
I have pretty oxidized and down right shitty looking from fork tubes. I have an 89 fxstc with stock forks.
so I have the service manual cracked open and all it well. I'm pretty confident. Then I get the lower separated from the tube. That's where I need the help. I get them apart and low and behold there are 3 bushings in there. 2 tube bushings and 1 slider bushing. 1 each here I expected them and after about 10 minutes for letting the tube sit upside down, the 2nd tube bushing in there. Now I highly doubt the manual is wrong, so was the previous owner lazy and left it, or is there a "trick of the trade" that I don't know about?
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first I want to thank all of you for the help on my carb and tripmeter. I've got a new problem/question I know you can help me with.
I have pretty oxidized and down right shitty looking from fork tubes. I have an 89 fxstc with stock forks.
so I have the service manual cracked open and all it well. I'm pretty confident. Then I get the lower separated from the tube. That's where I need the help. I get them apart and low and behold there are 3 bushings in there. 2 tube bushings and 1 slider bushing. 1 each here I expected them and after about 10 minutes for letting the tube sit upside down, the 2nd tube bushing in there. Now I highly doubt the manual is wrong, so was the previous owner lazy and left it, or is there a "trick of the trade" that I don't know about?
I have pretty oxidized and down right shitty looking from fork tubes. I have an 89 fxstc with stock forks.
so I have the service manual cracked open and all it well. I'm pretty confident. Then I get the lower separated from the tube. That's where I need the help. I get them apart and low and behold there are 3 bushings in there. 2 tube bushings and 1 slider bushing. 1 each here I expected them and after about 10 minutes for letting the tube sit upside down, the 2nd tube bushing in there. Now I highly doubt the manual is wrong, so was the previous owner lazy and left it, or is there a "trick of the trade" that I don't know about?
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so definitely only supposed to be two, guessing the why was a royal screw up by previous owner instead of some ol school trick of the trade for something.
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