Slide the tube into the slider

7.21a Install the top bush...

Insert the damper rod into the fork tube and slide it into place so that it projects fully from the bottom of the tube, then install the seat on the bottom of the damper rod (see illustration).

20 Oil the fork tube and bottom bush with the specified fork oil and insert the assembly into the slider (see illustration).Fit a new copper sealing washer to the damper rod bolt and apply a few drops of a suitable non-permanent thread-locking compound, then install the bolt into the bottom of the slider. Tighten the bolt to the specified torque setting. If the damper rod rotates inside the tube, hold the rod with spring pressure or a metal bar as on disassembly (see Step 7).

21Push the fork tube fully into the slider, then oil the top bush and slide it down over the tube (see illustration).Press the bush squarely into its recess in the slider as far as

possible, then install the oil seal washer (see illustration).Either use the Honda service tool or a suitable piece of tubing to tap the bush fully into place; the tubing must be slightly larger in diameter than the fork tube and slightly smaller in diameter than the bush recess in the slider. Take care not to scratch the fork tube during this operation; if the fork tube is pushed fully into the slider any accidental scratching is confined to the area above the oil seal.

22When the bush is seated squarely in its recess in the slider (remove the washer to check, wipe the recess clean, then reinstall the washer) install the new oil seal. Lubricate the inside of the seal with fork oil, slide it over the tube with its markings facing upwards and press it into place as described in Step 21 until the retaining clip groove is visible above the seal (see illustration).

23Once the seal is correctly seated, fit the retaining clip, making sure it is correctly located in its groove (see illustration).

24Lubricate the inside of the new dust seal then slide it down the fork tube and press it into position (see illustration).

25Slowly pour in the correct quantity of the specified grade of fork oil and carefully pump the fork at least ten times to distribute it evenly (see illustration);the oil level should also be measured and adjustment made by adding or subtracting oil. Fully compress the fork tube into the slider and measure the fork oil level from the top of the tube (see illustration).Add or subtract fork oil until it is at the level specified at the beginning of this Chapter.

26 Pull the fork tube out of the slider to its full extension and install the spring with its closer-wound coils at the bottom, followed by

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