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Old Apr 16, 2019 | 09:09 PM
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Doing a Fork seal rebuild on my bike and noticed I have showa forks. Do I have to you a showa fork seal rebuild?
 
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Old Apr 17, 2019 | 07:42 AM
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Showa supplies HD with parts, hence the metric measurements, 39mm or 41mm front ends.
 
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Old Apr 18, 2019 | 07:07 PM
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does the also explain the metric bolts?? sweet..
 
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Showa have supplied front and rear suspension for Harleys for decades, so nothing has changed! As for metric stuff, the whole wide world did that decades ago.
 
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OP, never mind the purse swinging.

You don't have to use HD/Showa parts but that's all I'll use. I HATE taking something back apart because of poor quality parts.
 
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Originally Posted by Harleyveteran4u
Yeah, what a wizard you are, and rude FYI, I was replying to a guy that seemingly knows very little about working on a Harley, I've been around for a few minutes, so be respectful
Duh... Graham wasn`t answering you...

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I have found over the past 50 years that when it comes to fork seals, OEM is the way to go, no matter what type motorcycle it is.
 
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The convention on a forum post is that everyone is assumed to be talking to the OP, less specifically quoted otherwise.

I don't see anyone quoting you. Hopefully this clears things up. Welcome to the forum.

You know, respectfully.


Oh my, I almost forgot about the OP. I recommend harley stuff for common service tasks like this because they have 'kits' that include all the replacement parts under one part number. I used to use AllBallz on my metric stuff, but for this Harley I like how they do the kits.
 
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Originally Posted by Dan89FLSTC
Duh... Graham wasn`t answering you...

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I have found over the past 50 years that when it comes to fork seals, OEM is the way to go, no matter what type motorcycle it is.
Been here since the 9th of THIS month and already demanding. Guys like that better hope they don't need to know something I do.
 
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Been here since the 9th of THIS month and already demanding. Guys like that better hope they don't need to know something I do.
Interesting - Harleyveteran4u seems to have vanished into thin air!
 
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