So I just took the u turn top cap off my forks as it felt like they’d got a bit gritty, I found inside there were ten holes but only 5 ball bearings, is this normal?
also does it really matter what pattern I put them back in ie should I evenly spread them out so theres one empty hole between each ball bearing? Sorry if this seems a really stupid question to people but as its the first time I’ve dismantled forks I really don’t want to mess it up even slightly

Yes it is normal. Tehre should be a spring under each ball as well. You need to put the balls back on top of the springs and it should be alternate holes

Strange I only have 3 BBs in both of my Uturn forks. Are they air or coil?

the coil pikes and recons I had all run three balls

just space then out and use a computer magnet to hold/remove the springs.

reggie strangely mine are coil pikes and recons.

ok cheers