Quote from: OrTahor on February 08, 2013, 03:03:15 PM
You just seem to have a pic for every situation!  Very cool of you! 
I do have just a big washer. But your aluminum block looks extra nice. No "bling factor" when mounted in the forks, but a hell of a lot sexier when taken apart. I might cut some aluminum to length. almost looks like there is a small depression on the aluminum block where the bolt presses on it (lower block). Is that intentional?

When I got my first set of fork caps, there were no washers. I didn't have any solid discs to use. These aluminum blocks were in an old set of forks I rebuilt. Apparently someone had added them in for more pre-load. It was all I had so I used it.

I bought another set of forks from the UK (yes I did!) just for the fork caps. There I saw the disc was what could have been a valve shim! I wouldn't be surprised if it was. These were OEM all the way so I know no one had been in them and replaced anything.

I think a shim would work just fine. That depression you see in those aluminum blocks is really a 1/8" hole through them.

That tool is a cheap PVC cutting tool. That's the ONLY way to cut plastic pipe for spacers. It cuts fast, clean, straight and no plastic chips all over the place. There is gray electrical PVC and white for water. I think there is a gray for hot water. Use the thicker stuff which I recall is not the white. Also I recall that white is more brittle than the gray stuff.


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I didn't have a PVC pipe cutter but I had a saw block when you cut spacers they have to be straight and the same length like + or - .5mm

Your in luck my friend I went to check the springs out and saw that they ARE .80 kg/mm springs so your getting exactly what you want heres a pic of them I might send them in a tube rather than the origional box cause there is some oil stains but yeah thats what you get plus the instructions. 

The PVC cutters are a cheap tool. Worth $10 for a simple, straight, precise cut. No plastic dust to contaminate things like when sawing them.

With the adjustable caps, he will need to cut the spacers so it is fine they are cut for regular caps. he will have to calculate in the added length of the caps in the middle position.