Fork part identification / clarification

[jamestnewsonr65]

Hey, i'm hoping someone who knows better than me can identify / clarify if these dissasembled fork parts look like they were installed in the right order.

A little bit of background.. I've purchased an r80 and these forks were on the bike, but as i'm refurbishing the bike I am rebuilding the forks.

After looking at the Clymer manual I can not seem to find out which type of forks these are (from the internals) as they don't seem to match and of the parts diagrams.

There seems to be no o'rings in the top of the fork and the white piece of spacer doesn't look original.

Any pointers on whether this looks correct is much appreciated.

(The parts are in sequence as they were removed from the fork)

[Barry]

The damper rod has everything in the right order for certain.

Ignoring the screws etc and the damper rod itself,  left to right you have:

Circlip
shim to eliminate axial play in the damper valve body
damper valve body
damper valve washer
valve plate
topping out spring
damper piston seal

It's no different in principle from an R65 damper rod except for the topping out spring in place of a bush and the different type of piston seal.

Spring assembly looks right too in terms of being functional but I don't know if the preload spacer is original.  You can soon determine if the spacer is needed by taking sag  measurements on the finished bike.

[Bob_Roller]

The PVC spacer was most likely added when fork springs were replaced by a previous owner, with aftermarket springs .

[jamestnewsonr65]

Thanks for the info. I think the PVC spacer was throwing me off as I couldn't find any reference to anything alike in the parts diagrams.

[Tony Smith]

The PVC spacer was most likely added when fork springs were replaced by a previous owner, with aftermarket springs .

K100 forks have a spacer very similar to the one pictured, I understand that they are (or at least were) available in different lengths).

[marcmiller001]

Progressive springs use a pvc spacer like that. They are likely aftermarket springs.

[BPT]

Or could the pvc been added to tighten up existing springs (and/or compensate for them being worn out)?