...to prevent damage to the track nuts on the "lawyer lips" safety lip at the bottom of the fork.
That sounds like it. They're a little smaller than the tracknut integrated washes, which just fit inside the lawyer lips.
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That sounds like it. They're a little smaller than the tracknut integrated washes, which just fit inside the lawyer lips.