[RattPoison]

What do you have to say about building up a Boxxer using individual parts? All the parts that I can think of are available through my parts distributors: lowers, stanchions, crowns, bushings, hardware, damper assembly, coil assembly, etc.

1) I know that I need a tool to press in the bushings, but is there any other work that I may not be foreseeing that may make this extremely difficult?

2) It looks like the price break down for the parts is cheaper than the forks, as a whole, if building to Team or WC specs. I can also spec the parts I want, like a certain weight spring, short crown, etc. Any reason why this would not be cheaper?

It looks like I may even be able to salvage parts from a used boxxer like the lowers, crowns, maybe, stanchions, if not scratched, to make this project even more economical.

I did a search for this, and nothing came up.

 

[Jonny5]

Lowers usually come with bushings installed...

 

[freeridefool]

Im really curious about this. It would get about a million more hits if you moved it to the downhill forum.

 

[jonKranked]

If it is in fact cheaper to assemble the fork by parts, by how much? And would this monetary savings be greater than the time and effort it would take to assemble the fork on your own?

 

[2xplosive]

having experience in this i had a bit of trouble just rebuilding the fork but if its cheaper go for it.

 

[ultraNoob]

Building from scratch (especially if you've never done it before or don't have one you can compare with) is a headache waiting to happen. No doubt, with a little enginuity, patience, and the correct diagrams, you can assemble one, but how long would it take before you can ride it?

If I wanted to custom a fork I'd buy one that's clapped out and rebuild it to my liking, but that's just me. Good Luck and welcome to the Monkey!