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juitz:
Hey all,
Aside from chopping up a perfectly good front fender, does anyone have any suggestions for a shorter front fender?
Seen a few aftermarket ones online but all in the US and/or out of stock.
Would rather keep the original fender to be honest, either as sspare or sell it on to someone who could use an original part (one of the only useable bits that came off the bike!)
Bryanj:
Whatever you fit you need the brace between forks of something as good to stop twisting
Lobo:
Ref your above post on ‘the big gap’ I’ve just rebuilt my CB750 forks and indeed there’s a substantial washer sitting tightly atop the seal, and under the circlip.
I could never question Bryan’s knowledge, but have used compressed air to blow these seals out (via the drain holes)…. would compressing the stanchion not be doing the same and thus unseat the seal?
Bryanj:
Lobo, never tried using air, usually have the slider off the stanchion to do seals, compressing the fork would only work if you filled the leg completely with oil.
Those seals are usually so damn tight in there it takes a big lever to shift them.
Oddjob:
Can you still read the markings on the new seal? be interested to see what they are and you can check them against the Honda specs to see if they match. Not keen on that gap TBH.
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