Abrasion Clip fell out
Didn’t just fall out, it also broke (probably why it fell out).

Riding it could very well result in the seal coming loose and dumping all your oil everywhere.
 
Looks like the dust seal, mine has been broken for a while, no issues with oil leakage.



bob
 
1olbull said:
Bob,
Must be nice having a bottom drain plug!
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I'm adding some additional information to help sort this out. There are 3 pictures:

1. The diagram from an online parts vendor showing part #18 circled in red, which I believe is what fell out.
2. The part description and part number from the same vendor.
3. The disassembly diagrams from my service manual which does not show this part at all.

My belief at this point is that the part is not part of the fork mechanicals, thus pic #3, but some sort of protection between the upper fork and the upper fork shroud. Also, it was not broken as in my earlier picture when I saw it. It was only split in one place, it was brittle enough that is snapped again when I removed it from the fork.

 
I’ve haven’t seen the touring forks in person, so I’m trying to make sense of this from the diagrams but don’t have it yet.

If it was something that was able to fall out on one fork tube, is it not something that’s still visible on the other so you could take a photo of the other in place? If the other is not visible, wouldn’t that mean you’re missing more than one part?
 


The part is not visible without removing the forks. I'm trying to avoid that until after the riding season. I think it sits on outside of the top of the fork lower and provides abrasion protection between the fork lower and the outer shroud. Here is a picture of the fork w ith the area I believe is involved circled.
 
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That’s why I didn’t have one..........it’s a different front end!
 
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