wait woooow in the tech guide it says to put 30 ml of 5 wt fork oil in the spring leg?is this in addition to the damping oil in the bottom of the lowers? i didnt think their was a seal between the spring and the lowers....
alright the deed is done. rinse with water with some dawn...then blow it out with air then some isopropyl alcohol then some more compressed air then presto!!!
it wasn't perfect but ill get the system down:). thanks guys hopefully this is useful to others as well
awesome guys this is exactly what i was looking for...what about mineral spirits to degrease? and then maybe some alcohol to rinse it after. just an idea
hi all,
ihave had some boxxer teams for a good amount of time now and have been performing regualr maintenance. he forkhas been working great, but i have noticed that the lube oil on the spring side has combined withexcess spring grease that has gone intothe lowers to forma sort of mush... i...
i,ve got a gemini(whichibelieve is actual falling rate), and have the same problem. 7.75x2.25, 3:1 ratio, and 550 spring
i weigh 170-180 w/gear.
i can bottom it out sooo easily "parking lot". but i cant tell if i have too much compression on the trail or its just bottoming off of...
thanks guys i think im gonna get the bb from paragon
whats the id of a 1.5 ht? i have a vernier i could measure mine with but i dont want to dissasemble my "good" bike
wal thickness somewhere in the range of .05-.01 inches sounds ok?
recently i have been thinking about fabbing a dh frame. it will most likely be a single pivot built around a 9.5X3.0 shock w/8-9 in travel, 4130 cro-mo. I have access to a tig welder, plasma cutter, tubing bender, and i can mitre tubes.
what im wondering is
a)i need a 1.5 ht, can i find some...
i think minaar has one a bunch of wc's, im not sure hto, but i no a few years back he owned.
i think that they both have advantages. if you tend to absoltely bomd a rock garden, a usd fork would work well
if you pick lines and are turning a lot i think a reg fork would be nice
i think...
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