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How to service oil seal in Showa inner chamber
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[QUOTE="Danger, post: 1113546, member: 50179"] Guys, the top few threads on the damper rod are sharp as razor blades and even protude above the diameter of the rod at times. They have been that way on Showa forks for years. Before removing the damper rod from the cartridge take a fine file and take the top edge of the top few threads. You can feel them with your finger like checking how sharp a knife is. Then I like to put one layer of thin masking tape just on the threads and grease it before removal and reassembly. The PFTE tape (we call it thread tape here) can break into small pieces that can float around in your valving, not good). Now someone will chime in and tell you not to file your threads but it does no harm as the jamb nut does not even thread onto this portion and there is plenty of available thread left. Hope that helps someone. [/QUOTE]
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