Hey guys,
I've been reading the first thread on this subject posted by "Fly" and I decided that I'd post another full tutorial on how to do this. You can find it here:
Swinger/5th Shim Damper mod instructions
Let me know what you guys think, if anything is confusing etc. Also let me know what other stuff you guys might want to know and I'll post it on the site (which is new and under construction right now, bare with me). I rebuild shocks/work on bikes for a living so I want to share as much knowledge as possible with everyone.
I have tried to simplify the bleeding process a bit as well for everyone. I use a more complicated bleeding process (about the same as Fly's process), but I've found the one outlined in my instructions to work just about as well and it's a lot easier to do. You're basically just overfilling the body a bit with oil and letting the oil that pours over the edges when you insert the damper carry out most of the air bubbles.
If you have some shims from another shock, you can make this work, but I'll be selling shim/seal kits pretty soon to make things easier.
I'm also thinking of starting another site (mtbfork.info) with tons of info about forks, with lots of really clear tutorials on how to overhaul them and mod them. What does everyone think? Let me know what you want to see.
I'll also be posting a tutorial on how you can convert your Manitou SPV fork to a shim-damper system. I'll be making a video showing how you can smooth out the SPV system with no extra parts needed as well. That will hopefully be coming in a couple weeks.
I'm pretty busy lately so I'll do my best to get back to your replies as soon as I can. Email me using the contact page on the site if you want to get to me quicker.
Enjoy!
-Kyle
I've been reading the first thread on this subject posted by "Fly" and I decided that I'd post another full tutorial on how to do this. You can find it here:
Swinger/5th Shim Damper mod instructions
Let me know what you guys think, if anything is confusing etc. Also let me know what other stuff you guys might want to know and I'll post it on the site (which is new and under construction right now, bare with me). I rebuild shocks/work on bikes for a living so I want to share as much knowledge as possible with everyone.
I have tried to simplify the bleeding process a bit as well for everyone. I use a more complicated bleeding process (about the same as Fly's process), but I've found the one outlined in my instructions to work just about as well and it's a lot easier to do. You're basically just overfilling the body a bit with oil and letting the oil that pours over the edges when you insert the damper carry out most of the air bubbles.
If you have some shims from another shock, you can make this work, but I'll be selling shim/seal kits pretty soon to make things easier.
I'm also thinking of starting another site (mtbfork.info) with tons of info about forks, with lots of really clear tutorials on how to overhaul them and mod them. What does everyone think? Let me know what you want to see.
I'll also be posting a tutorial on how you can convert your Manitou SPV fork to a shim-damper system. I'll be making a video showing how you can smooth out the SPV system with no extra parts needed as well. That will hopefully be coming in a couple weeks.
I'm pretty busy lately so I'll do my best to get back to your replies as soon as I can. Email me using the contact page on the site if you want to get to me quicker.
Enjoy!
-Kyle