D420! How about that?

[buddhasummer]

@rsingler could my findings be causing the difficulty I'm having getting it to hold tune? I would say so but I'm no expert.

Just trying to figure out if I should be trying for a replacement unit or not. Cheers.

 

[Open Ocean Diver]

I’ll bet the cracked pad and the nick happened when the adjuster was screwed in way too deep, I would just rebuild it with your new kit and test it again. Is the orifice and adjuster plastic like the later 400s?

 

[buddhasummer]

I’ll bet the cracked pad and the nick happened when the adjuster was screwed in way too deep, I would just rebuild it with your new kit and test it again. Is the orifice and adjuster plastic like the later 400s?

Yes, both plastic. I'd find it hard to believe that screwing in spring could crack the pad.

 

[Open Ocean Diver]

Well you said the pad quality wasn’t very good cheaply made probably thin. Put your new stem assembly in and test it, I’ll stay up and wait for the results. Lol

 

[buddhasummer]

Plastic looks cheap as compared to the OD but it's not what I'd call thin. I'm not doing anymore with it till I hear back from the shop I bought it from, I sent them photos etc. don't want to waste one of my kits if I don't have to.

 

[buddhasummer]

Of course, I'm not good at waiting so who knows what will happen in the next few hours.

 

[buddhasummer]

Not sure I want to reassemble it with a cracked spring pad.

 

[Open Ocean Diver]

Heck the old ones didn’t even have a pad, I don’t think the cracked pad will have any effect. I think the problem is the nick in the seat. Come on put the stem in and try it.

 

[buddhasummer]

Heck the old ones didn’t even have a pad, I don’t think the cracked pad will have any effect. I think the problem is the nick in the seat. Come on put the stem in and try it.

Just one more...I can quit anytime

 

[Open Ocean Diver]

I’ve heard that before.