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All rebuildable suspensions need some basic shared parts - fasteners such as locknuts to hold damping pistons to base towers, teflon lined shaft collars or acetal rod bushes to hold sliding tubes concentric without too much friction, tiny mid-speed valve (also called refill or non-return) springs to help tune your shim stack, rubber o-rings to keep oil & gas pressure sealed from each other. Motorbike front fork legs & rear shock absorbers both need these when servicing or tuning, and here is where you'll find them.
While a bigger Fork Cartridge Rod Bush needs fancy friction-less coatings on the inner diameter to constantly slide, some pushrods don't get moved often, so only need a basic steel ring to stay aligned. Inside the middle cartridge rod of adjustable forks you'll often find these little metal collars keeping the adjuster push rods centred. Other shared components in forks and shocks are shims & washers - see our Valving Shims section and use the Shim Factor Calculator — a 0.30mm shim is NOT the same as two 0.15mm shims. Workshops and DIY tuners should stock up on these wear parts; learn about lock nuts and fasteners or compare oils with our suspension fluid weights table.
Consider matching slide collars with Suspension Tools for accurate rebuilds and measurement.
Browse slide collars, rod bushes, seals and related rebuild parts to keep your forks and shocks performing reliably.
All rebuildable suspensions need some basic shared parts - fasteners such as locknuts to hold damping pistons to base towers, teflon lined shaft collars or acetal rod bushes to hold sliding tubes concentric without too much friction, tiny mid-speed valve (also called refill or non-return) springs to help tune your shim stack, rubber o-rings to keep oil & gas pressure sealed from each other. Motorbike front fork legs & rear shock absorbers both need these when servicing or tuning, and here is where you'll find them.
While a bigger Fork Cartridge Rod Bush needs fancy friction-less coatings on the inner diameter to constantly slide, some pushrods don't get moved often, so only need a basic steel ring to stay aligned. Inside the middle cartridge rod of adjustable forks you'll often find these little metal collars keeping the adjuster push rods centred. Other shared components in forks and shocks are shims & washers - see our Valving Shims section and use the Shim Factor Calculator — a 0.30mm shim is NOT the same as two 0.15mm shims. Workshops and DIY tuners should stock up on these wear parts; learn about lock nuts and fasteners or compare oils with our suspension fluid weights table.
Consider matching slide collars with Suspension Tools for accurate rebuilds and measurement.
Browse slide collars, rod bushes, seals and related rebuild parts to keep your forks and shocks performing reliably.
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