This is quite probably obvious to most but I only discovered tonight, after careful examination, that the way you remove the top hardware (M26 x 1 chrome nut, spring, captive nut etc) from the damper rod and knob is by removing a devious little circlip!
This circlip hides inside the unthreaded captive hex nut/keeper and locates in a groove in the shaft against the spring pressure. Guess what, you need a valve spring compressor and a 10mm i.d. washer to take it all apart safely. Only Ducati could require a special tool for this design.
I assumed, possibly like many others, that the knob unscrews from the rod. It does not as far as I can see and has a firmly over-moulded hexagon end to the shaft. If you use stilsons/molegrips etc to hold the shaft and try to unscrew the bakelite knob it will shatter.
Why Most Secondhand Bakelite Damper Knobs Are Broken.....
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- Cucciolo - the Lil Pup
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bakelite knobs
Thats great Andy, keep em coming!!,I have rebuilt a few bikes and there is lots of seemingly trivial stuff that is not in any manuals but can hold you up, Typically " reasembly is the reverse of dismantling"!!! not much use if stripped by others 30 years ago.
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- Cucciolo - the Lil Pup
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