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Top Fork Bushes

#1 Post by steveho » Tue Oct 09, 2018 5:21 pm

Hi, can anybody confirm if the upper fork bushes (the ones under the oil seals) are PTFE/Teflon coated as OEM parts? Mine are not, and that doesn’t seem right to me...
Thanks in advance.

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Re: Top Fork Bushes

#2 Post by Speed Freak » Wed Oct 10, 2018 2:15 pm

Grey teflon coating on the inside
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Re: Top Fork Bushes

#3 Post by tacky1 » Wed Oct 10, 2018 2:38 pm

Yes. Mine are coated also.
1985 RZv500
1984 RZ500 Hybrid
1986 RG500 Walter Wolf
1986 RG500 Skoal Bandit
1984 RZ350
1984 RZ350 Hybrid
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Re: Top Fork Bushes

#4 Post by steveho » Wed Oct 10, 2018 2:56 pm

Thanks guys, I’ll get some new bushes then.
Cheers.

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