The forks were pretty soft, so i decided to rebuild them with new springs and try out the emulators. I dropped the fork lowers off to be powder-coated and despite my CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS they did not mask off the top of the fork tube. I'm pretty pissed about this because I literally wrote "NO" where I wanted them to mask. They only masked for powder not the sand blasting. It doesn't seem like the sand blasting got into the tube too far, but it did peel a bunch of Teflon off the bushing at the top of the tube where the inner tube rubs. There is now quite a bit of play between the fork inner and outer at this location. This coated bushing is not shown in the parts diagram, nor is it mentioned in the service manual. It looks like Racetech has a bushing that has the correct dimensions that may work (36x12x2) I have another pair of forks that I could use but the caliper mounts have been machined on these for my caliper conversion; something I would rather not do again.
how do I get this bushing out? there is very little lip on the backside, probably about 1mm. Also its in there pretty deep, my seal puller won't reach it.