[MisterMental]

it tops out, simple
it makes a nasty tap when i run teh rebound fast
im using 5 wt oil as i could get the rebound fast enuff for my liking with the stock oil
ive had em open obviously to change the oil and i cleaned out all teh insides but never found any topout springs, should there be some?
also i could never get into the cartridges to clean them properly, am i not ment to be able to get inside them?
thanks in advance
MM

 

[dhmtbj]

You may not have enough oil. Other than that I don't know.

 

[Dave]

Originally posted by ellsworth
You may not have enough oil. Other than that I don't know.

yeah, add a little bit more oil.

 

[MisterMental]

wont that make them a lot more progressive
i only weigh 9.5 stone and i hardly ever bottom them out and wont adding more oil make them even harder to bottom out?

 

[dhmtbj]

Originally posted by MisterMental
wont that make them a lot more progressive
i only weigh 9.5 stone and i hardly ever bottom them out and wont adding more oil make them even harder to bottom out?

If you put the reccomended amount in the fork will get full travel and will not top out. If there is too little oil, the fork will top out. If there is too much oil the fork won't get full travel.

 

[MisterMental]

i have the reccomended amout of oil in there, about 25mm from teh top
it tops out and i rarely get full travel

 

[Dave]

sounds like your springs are too hard.

 

[MisterMental]

yeah?
also would i be able to get a new crown on warranty as theres a crunching sound when i yank on the brake and theres a large bulge next to where the right upper bit connects to the crown.

 

[KonaDude]

You aren't meant to get into the cartridges. If you must, you may flush them using clean oil and just cycling the oil through the damper.

As for any bulging and noise, that's not right. Send it in, aluminum doesn't bulge unless something's VERY wrong.

Run less preload and run more rebound damping is all I can say about the topout, and do make sure you have enough oil in your fork. Any of the new Bombers do make a little tapping noise sometimes due to how the cartridge is held in the fork. This is nothing to worry about.

 

[MisterMental]

i sent them back
i was running no preload and fastest possible rebound but now i sent em back so i aint bothered too much now