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I use 4 on the clutch, two on the brake. I haven't read the whole thread so it may have been discussed already but there is a school of thought, which is taught to police in motorcycle training, that one should always use all four fingers because if one were to go down the brake lever could...

43 mm fork seal driver. I bought it earlier this year and used it twice and I doubt I'll need to use it again. It's in like-new condition. I'll throw in a 43mm bullet style fork seal installation tool if you buy it. $30 via paypal. Includes shipping to the lower 48. I'll take a picture...

The washer just barely squeezes over the bushing. And no, no trouble getting the seal in all the way once the bushing was seated. I usually try to avoid this kind of thinking but... If you get the bushing seated without a washer, what purpose does the washer really serve? I can't see of any harm...

I agree that the washer looks made that way. It was definitely in there when I got the bike. I got service records with it and there was nothing about a fork service. So who knows. The other side, suspiciously, has no washer. I actually just noticed that. It's possible that I lost it but...

Here is a picture of the washer. It does not appear to be deformed.

I'll take the other fork apart tomorrow and get a picture. I just today got the bushing driven in using the PVC trick on the fork I have been working on and put the seal on in on top of it. Question: is the seal done for as soon as it is pulled out or could I pull it out and drive it back in?

My bike is an 07 fz6. No r6 forks. I looked at the washer again. It's not actually flat on one side. It's just a conical washer. Maybe it is bent and I need a new one. It certainly ly does not look deformed though. The diagram on bikebandit shows a flat washer but that may be a generic diagram...

I have new seals already. Old ones were not to be trusted. The washer above my upper bushing was never flat. It's flat on one side and conical on the other. Raised on the inside. It's obvious to look at it that it was made like that, not deformed. That is not to say that it is the correct one...

Does the washer go in cone side up or cone side down?

I have not gotten it together yet. Inconveniently, the seal driver I bought for the seal has a recess around the inside edge that just perfectly fits around the bushing therefore it will not seat the bushing. I'll have to go find some pvc and get the bushing seated that way.

Okay i'Lloyd have the figure out how to drive it in then. I'might surprised that this step is not mentioned in any how-to article I read or video that I watched! Everyone just moves right on to driving the seal in. Thanks for the info

The bottom bushing will not fit through the top bushing so yes the top bushing has always come out. Maybe I just didn't notice that it didn't go back in. I will take a look at how to drive it back in.

Are you saying that this upper bushing is going to have to be driven in every time it is reinstalled? That may have been the problem the first time. The seal could have been damaged by driving the bushingles down. How does one drive that bushing down? I don't think my seal installation toll will...

Now I am having another problem in addition. Now that I have cleaned everything up, the upper fork bushing will not fit in to place. Last time it just dropped right in. Even taking it off the inner tube and holding it closed will not allow it to fit in to its groove. I don't understand that one...