fork adjusting cap

Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 11:56 am

Has anyone got a part no for the black plastic fork cap, the one with the numbers on it, for adjusting the damping.? One has disappeared from 'Mary', only noticed this morning whilst washing her down. Or if anyone has a spare.?? Where they used on any other models.??

Thanks,
Jim

Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 8:40 pm

That would be a nice job to use a 3D printer for. I believe they are NLA, although you might check with David Silver Spares.

Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 9:58 pm

I found a couple on eBay but they were on a different model.. Same cap on just one side.. Sorry forgot the other Honda model..

Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 1:23 am

I've tried re-doing the cap with a 3-D printer but the results were not very good. Visually it looks like crap & it took a bunch of hand work to make it fit. We'll try making some corrections to the file but so far I'm not overly optimistic.

Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 5:51 am

I do some work with 3d printers, if you want to send me the file and we can try it on one of our printers

Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 6:07 am

There are 2 types of caps - both look the same from the top but the orientation /indexing pin is in a different location.

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thx113 wrote:

There are 2 types of caps - both look the same from the top but the orientation /indexing pin is in a different location.

51458-mg5-671 is the correct part for the 11F 51458-mg5-611 will work but the orientation of the # to the 2 indents under the cap is different . Both are NLA Here is one of the wrong ones , but will work . http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fork-Cap-Cover-1985-Honda-Sabre-VF1100-V65-/141140542043?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item20dca1c25b&vxp=mtr

Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 7:39 pm

Thanks guys,
I got one of the wrong ones on a cbx 750 at present, and attached with some Rtv sealant this time.?? So will do for now, but as said its not identical to the original one , but the 'Mary 'is far from original.!!

Jim