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teflon or similar sleeve inside fork legs

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just inside my lower fork legs are some plastic teflon or similar bushes which i would like to replace with new ones. they are not listed in any parts books where can I get them from or what do I make them out of??
 
jellywrestler said:
just inside my lower fork legs are some plastic teflon or similar bushes which i would like to replace with new ones. they are not listed in any parts books where can I get them from or what do I make them out of??
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More info please. Year and model of bike.
 
Fancy meeting you here, Jelly....You could (and should) blow their minds by posting a pic of the beast....But that wouldn't help with part ID would it...
Given how much of it is hand made and that i've been into a lot of GS forks and never seen what you describe, I'd bet it's another fabrication made to suit.
I know it uses 37mm legs - what sliders does it use ? Are the bushes there as adaptors ?

Grumph
 
GregT said:
Fancy meeting you here, Jelly....You could (and should) blow their minds by posting a pic of the beast....But that wouldn't help with part ID would it...
Given how much of it is hand made and that i've been into a lot of GS forks and never seen what you describe, I'd bet it's another fabrication made to suit.
I know it uses 37mm legs - what sliders does it use ? Are the bushes there as adaptors ?

Grumph
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The 37mm forks on my bike have two teflon bushings. One on the bottom of the inner tube and one at the top of the outer tube. Part # were no longer available for the year model fork I was using, 80-81 GS1100E forks. So I went to a later year 83-84 I believe, they use pretty much the same 37mm fork with the exception of no longer being a leading axle type like the 80-81. I just used those part numbers for the teflon bushings. Installed with no hassles. Even my stock 750 forks used the teflon bushings.
 
Well, there you go, a little information and an answer...

I know the bike he's rebuilding is very special with an enormous amount of custom fabrication - and a really odd mixture of parts and years.

Nice to have it cleared up.
 
GregT said:
Fancy meeting you here, Jelly....You could (and should) blow their minds by posting a pic of the beast....But that wouldn't help with part ID would it...
Given how much of it is hand made and that i've been into a lot of GS forks and never seen what you describe, I'd bet it's another fabrication made to suit.
I know it uses 37mm legs - what sliders does it use ? Are the bushes there as adaptors ?

Grumph
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she's 37mm forks
 
GregT said:
Fancy meeting you here, Jelly....You could (and should) blow their minds by posting a pic of the beast....But that wouldn't help with part ID would it...
Given how much of it is hand made and that i've been into a lot of GS forks and never seen what you describe, I'd bet it's another fabrication made to suit.
I know it uses 37mm legs - what sliders does it use ? Are the bushes there as adaptors ?

Grumph
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hey Greg
the forks in question are stockers replacing the originals so no mods that i know of
 
Fair enough - but none of the pre 82 GS forks I have here use the bushes.
They would appear to be a little later than expected...
 
jellywrestler said:
just inside my lower fork legs are some plastic teflon or similar bushes which i would like to replace with new ones. they are not listed in any parts books where can I get them from or what do I make them out of??
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,,, hi guys a good commercial "O" supplier should be able to supply you with teflon seals ,,, i,ve regularly used teflon seals of different shapes in moulding machines,, they are not expensive either regards oldgrumpy
 
Square tube exhaust ? That musta been tricky to bend.

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The square tube exhaust is the least of it - the chassis is a monocoque...

Jelly should really post some more pics and a description of it - it's a pretty historic bike here in NZ. Maybe when the restoration is complete ?
 
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