{"id":65792,"date":"2014-01-31T20:28:11","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T11:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=65792"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:44:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:44:36","slug":"resin-damper-rubber-bottom-out-tighten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20140131\/everyday-events\/resin-damper-rubber-bottom-out-tighten","title":{"rendered":"Resin, damper rubber, and other parts: bottom out and tighten properly."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"decob-4153112657\" class=\"decob- decob-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/advertise\" aria-label=\"ad_sample_1456_180_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png 1456w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-300x37.png 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-1024x127.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-768x95.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\" width=\"812\" height=\"100\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC08755.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65790\" alt=\"DSC08755\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC08755.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC08755.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC08755-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC08755-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>Fairings and floating dampers come with bottom-out collars or sleeves. You want to install them properly and tighten them firmly.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC08757.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65791\" alt=\"DSC08757\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC08757.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC08757.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC08757-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC08757-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>Since this is a rush service, the finish is a bit rough\u2014my apologies.<\/p>\n<p>Fairing floating dampers always have a collar or sleeve that&#8217;s longer than the damper itself, and when tightened firmly, the collar or sleeve bottoms out and locks in place.<br \/>\nWithout it, you get a mushy, uncomfortable tightness where the damper tension alone holds everything, and the result looks disappointing.<br \/>\nA firm, crisp tightness is an important feel. To keep things from getting messy and to avoid losing parts, I&#8217;ve added flanges to make removal and installation a bit easier.<\/p>\n<p>Every now and then I see aftermarket parts with instructions like &#8220;For vibration resistance, please insert the included rubber&#8221;\u2014really?<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s a head-scratcher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fairings and floating dampers come with bottom-out collars or sleeves. You want to install them properly and tighten them firmly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65790,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}