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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
FF35 Felt Washer - Why????
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<blockquote data-quote="Gary Gittleson" data-source="post: 173775" data-attributes="member: 3625"><p>I guess it's been a couple of years (maybe three) since I experienced the same problem. In my case, I plain forgot to put the damned felt in; probably because I hated it so much, its being way too big and a miserable solution to the problem in the first place. So not wanting to tear the front end down again, I made an O-ring using one of those readily-available kits. You need to find the correct thickness of material, stretch it around the stem and cut it cleanly and slightly shorter for tension. The kit should come with a plastic "guillotine" for making a square cut. Then place it around the stem and glue the ends together with Crazy Glue or some such.</p><p></p><p>I was warned that it wouldn't hold and <em>surely</em> would never work. But after the two or three years and 4,000 miles or so, it's still there doing its thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gary Gittleson, post: 173775, member: 3625"] I guess it's been a couple of years (maybe three) since I experienced the same problem. In my case, I plain forgot to put the damned felt in; probably because I hated it so much, its being way too big and a miserable solution to the problem in the first place. So not wanting to tear the front end down again, I made an O-ring using one of those readily-available kits. You need to find the correct thickness of material, stretch it around the stem and cut it cleanly and slightly shorter for tension. The kit should come with a plastic "guillotine" for making a square cut. Then place it around the stem and glue the ends together with Crazy Glue or some such. I was warned that it wouldn't hold and [I]surely[/I] would never work. But after the two or three years and 4,000 miles or so, it's still there doing its thing. [/QUOTE]
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