front shocks on a 84 big red

[svo58]

iI have a 84 big red ,i have the shocks out,i cleaned everything ,wire brushed it,painted the bottom shock holder(were the tire goes),got new boots everythings ready to go back together.My question is do i put grease on the bottom of the shock and in the shock holder,if so how much (lots or alittle) should i do anything else before i put it back together,any help would be great,thanks......svo58

[jeswinehart]

the only reference i see in my clymer manual is that it says to coat the inside of the guides + distance collars + the outside surface of the spring/damper unit with a good coat of multi purpose grease.
what is a good coat ??? who knows ,,, probbly fairly excessive i would thing.

i hope my 200es front forks are salvagable ,,, ain't got that far on my project but they look real bad ( rusty ).

john