I ordered and received some new top bolts for the forks tubes. They fit, but I noted the indent and was wondering if there is supposed to be a rubber grommet?
The original Wd fork tube top bolt (On the left) did not have a rubber ring seal. Where as the fork top bolt (on the right) had a rubber ring to seal the top bolt in the fork tube- this is a improvement introduced on post war models - they are both interchangable, When I rebuilt my WD Matchless, I used PTFE pipe thread tape to seal the threads on the fork leg top bolt to stop them leaking
The original Wd fork tube top bolt (On the left) did not have a rubber ring seal. Where as the fork top bolt (on the right) had a rubber ring to seal the top bolt in the fork tube- this is a improvement introduced on post war models - they are both interchangable, When I rebuilt my WD Matchless, I used PTFE pipe thread tape to seal the threads on the fork leg top bolt to stop them leaking