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wanted rod out of canister in left fork

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I need the rod that goes through the canister in the lower left fork 2003 model.
I think you are referring to the "damper rod" which moves up and down through the "cartridge". Unfortunately, it appears that the damper rod is NOT sold separately from the cartridge assembly. Your best chance of quickly finding a cartridge assembly would be from a forum member who has installed Traxxion AK-20s (which are total replacements for the cartridge assembly and should be returned to the owners so they can be reinstalled if the owner wants to move the AK-20s to another bike).

 
I have a set of bent forks for my 05 that came with the bike. If you can find a post a diagram of the forks I could see which piece you need and if mine will work for you. It is the upper chrome tubes that are bent.

 
I need the rod that goes through the canister in the lower left fork 2003 model.
I think you are referring to the "damper rod" which is attached to the fork cap and moves up and down through the "cartridge". Unfortunately, it appears that the damper rod is NOT sold separately from the cartridge assembly. Your best chance of quickly finding a cartridge assembly would be from a forum member who has installed Traxxion AK-20s (which are total replacements for the cartridge assembly and should be returned to the owners so they can be reinstalled if the owner wants to move the AK-20s to another bike).
It's unlikely that a straight damping rod could be salvaged from a fork with bent tubes since the damper rod is attached to the fork cap and then passes through the top of the cartridge in a pretty tight tolerance. The rebound damping piston is inside the cartridge and attached to the bottom end of the damping rod. If the fork tube is bent then it would be hard not to bend the damping rod at the same time.

 
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