[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Yea, you don't have to take the forks off to do the fix in the first place, BUT it's
>a $3 job(for the washer). It can't hurt. No one at Yamaha can say why there is a
>rubber washer in there rather than a steel one. If you want to skip the washer, I
>have heard the some have bypassed the washer and just torqued down the two nuts
>themselves. I don't know the results of this....
>
Don't skip the washer!! Your top castle nut will bottom out and the front end won't
be tight. It will develop a "clunk" as well when you brake.
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