| Also known as | H1581 |
| Diagram | Fig. 31 — HANDLEBARS AND CONTROL LEVERS · ref 37 |
| Subsystem | controls |
| Listed in parts books | 1964–1965, 1967–1974, 1976–1980, 1983, 1985 |
Distance piece
A small metal distance piece (spacer sleeve) used in handlebar mounting and fork/steering damper hardware, PN 97-1581.
97-1581 is a distance piece, a small sleeve that shows up repeatedly in the handlebar mounting and steering damper areas across the catalog. It's a simple metal spacer, not a glamorous part, but it does the job of keeping the softer rubber components in a mounting assembly from getting crushed flat when the clamp bolt gets tightened down. This one appears under the older H1581 number too, if that's what your parts book shows.
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Going by the figure titles it's turned up in, this piece has done duty in handlebar mounting hardware, control lever assemblies, and fork/steering damper setups across a long catalog run from the mid-60s into 1980. That kind of spread tells you it's a common small part reused in more than one place on the bike rather than something unique to a single assembly.
It's cheap enough and easy enough to overlook that a lot of folks don't think about it until a handlebar clamp feels loose or a rubber bushing looks chewed up. Worth keeping one on hand if you're pulling apart handlebar mounts or fork top yokes for service.
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