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? Rebuilt Fork is 1" Longer than the Other ?
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<blockquote data-quote="dcarver" data-source="post: 1247891" data-attributes="member: 956"><p><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">Sooooo then.. rebuilt both front forks on my DL-650. Went swimmingly well... no GixxerJason syndrome, got the rebuilts installed in the triple trees, .....and then.... struggled for 10 minutes to make the front fender fit..</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">No dice. Holes not even close between the two sides. Looking at the axle alignment, it's clearly obvious that 1 fork is ~1 inch longer than the other!</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">WTFO?</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">Both forks went together smoothly, both have good 'action'. The right leg was easier, however to get the cap screwed back into the slider...less spring tension.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">Now then you techies... Can you figure this out? </span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">I have the answer.....</span></p><p></p><p>Consider this a fun mental forking excercise?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dcarver, post: 1247891, member: 956"] [FONT=verdana]Sooooo then.. rebuilt both front forks on my DL-650. Went swimmingly well... no GixxerJason syndrome, got the rebuilts installed in the triple trees, .....and then.... struggled for 10 minutes to make the front fender fit..[/FONT] [FONT=verdana]No dice. Holes not even close between the two sides. Looking at the axle alignment, it's clearly obvious that 1 fork is ~1 inch longer than the other![/FONT] [FONT=verdana]WTFO?[/FONT] [FONT=verdana]Both forks went together smoothly, both have good 'action'. The right leg was easier, however to get the cap screwed back into the slider...less spring tension.[/FONT] [FONT=verdana]Now then you techies... Can you figure this out? [/FONT] [FONT=verdana]I have the answer.....[/FONT] Consider this a fun mental forking excercise? [/QUOTE]
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