That little assembly your pointing to - topped with the oil seal we're discussing - should sit all pushed up against each other. To be honest, I thought the seal bottomed out into its own recess, so you can't really get it wrong if you just get the seal seated home?
Just looking for a bit of clarification before I take on the seal again. When I swapped it out last time I remember wondering if I’d seated the seal correctly. The ‘collar’ inside the fork leg ( circled in green ) has the washer sat on top ( circled in black ). Should the seal sit flush with these two items ? Remember struggling to tap the seal so it sat on top of the washer......always left a few mm gap and I was loathed to get too heavy handed. Hope this makes sense to the more mechanically minded.
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