[demo 9]

2009 RC2, totally rebuild last season with new stanchions and all. Riding diablo, the fork suddenly gets REALLY soft, i can lean forward and bottom it out. i run it soft, 220 lbs on a blue spring, but its always been good. I take out the spring, i only find 3 of the 4 spacers (so thats probably crunched at the bottom)

With no spring, i pull it up and it sucks down an inch. If i push it down, it stays down.

Help me

 

[HAB]

I'm guessing blown damper bladder.

 

[Mo(n)arch]

First I thought a broken spring, but yeah, sounds like blown damper.

 

[jonKranked]

yea blown bladder. its an easy rebuild.

http://www.enduroforkseals.com/id152.html

$26.

 

[rockofullr]

I'm guessing blown damper bladder.

lol that's always what's wrong in a 40

 

[fortenndu]

You ask to many questions on ridemonkey so it decided to stop working...

 

[jonKranked]

also, if you're running it with that soft a spring, i'm not surprised it blew and you crushed a spacer. probably a hard bottom out. i'm 20lbs lighter than you and run the green spring. time for you to get the right spring fatty.

 

[demo 9]

also, if you're running it with that soft a spring, i'm not surprised it blew and you crushed a spacer. probably a hard bottom out. i'm 20lbs lighter than you and run the green spring. time for you to get the right spring fatty.

I happen to love the blue spring, its soft, but most of my weight is on the back. This whole ordeal happened on stalker, possibly the repetitive hits or heat?

 

[jonKranked]

I happen to love the blue spring, its soft, but most of my weight is on the back. This whole ordeal happened on stalker, possibly the repetitive hits or heat?

....or possibly because your fork was undersprung.

 

[HAB]

....or possibly because your fork was undersprung.

Seriously. I'm like 60 pounds lighter than you and would run the blue spring.

 

[wiscodh]

on really hard bottom outs (being undersprung dosent help one bit) with air in the bladder from a rebuild you can bend the alloy cap from the pressure. I did that 2 years ago. The fox tech told me to really bleed the system when doing a rebuild. Same problems that you are having with yours.

This will keep happening if you keep running a spring that is way too soft.

i am 180 and run a green spring...

 

[Mr Jones]

I'm 190lbs and run the green spring FWIW