Ohlins steering damper?
 

This has probably been covered before but I've just replaced the stock damper on a 996 with an ohlins from harris. After fitting the yoke bracket it seems to have to much movement in the swivel joint.

The ohlins damper factory fitted on a 996S/R doesn't have this amount of free play, can the excess movement in the joint be altered in anyway?

As weeksy says, this free play is normal as it happens on mine too. Nothing to worry about unless it annoys you :)

mine moved to the point where by it started touching the tank. so i put a rubber o ring in and that cured the problem.

Anybody had any luck with an alternative mounting bracket. Failing that it will have to be the o ring.

Fitted the harris kit with my onlins damper using their bolts and washer/o-ring and the opposite has happened the damper bracket hardly moves at all compared with the standard ducati fitment. what does the bracket look like i think i they have sent me the wrong clamp it looks nothing like the original one. which ever way i try it using their bolts it dont move and the ducati stuff (washer bolt/oring) won't screw into the yoke :(

Mine was the same Nigel. I looked at the standard Ohlins fitting and it has a slightly different bracket, a washer and a rubber o-ring that sits on the washer. If you could get these items it wouldn't have much play in it at all.

I fixed mine with just a rubber o-ring. Still a little bit more play than standard but much better than without