Well....
I put it back together and it is a little better no-hands. Before the next adjustment, I'll need to fashion a workable gauge. I can't make the sight tube thing work with my current assortment of garage stuff--The steerer tube on my fork has some additional stiffener thing brazed in at the crown and my sight tube is too large.
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I don't do: disks, tubeless, e-shifting, or bead head nymphs. But I do hate all e-bikes.