I have a 2010 2-step that, against all odds, only has one problem. It's travel is slightly stuck down about 1.5cms. I'm guessing this since there is only about 1.2cms of exposed stanchion below the 20% sag mark on the stanchions.
Could someone help me understand the sorcery going on inside the fork? Here are a few clues.
I had this problem before, I had the bike serviced at a shop that has experience on most platforms but all they did was change the oil, they told me the seals were still okay. After that I had 180mm again.
After about a week or two of riding, I noticed it was stuck down again (but the fork was functioning great!). I want to narrow this down to the closest possible culprits as the fork is actually working really well and I don't want to muck it up again, which, it seems, is really easy to do.
What I do not want to do is send it back to the dealer and have it warrantied. It always seems to come back with some kind of problem...after a few months of waiting.
The shop I send the fork to for service is fairly knowledgeable but I doubt they are very familiar with the 2 step platform as it's kinda rare here. I'm sure they just follow the manual and would probably not be able to see what's causing this problem.
My guess is that the oil level in the two step cartridge is incorrect. I heard somewhere that it is extremely sensitive to oil height.
Would really appreciate your thoughts!
Could someone help me understand the sorcery going on inside the fork? Here are a few clues.
I had this problem before, I had the bike serviced at a shop that has experience on most platforms but all they did was change the oil, they told me the seals were still okay. After that I had 180mm again.
After about a week or two of riding, I noticed it was stuck down again (but the fork was functioning great!). I want to narrow this down to the closest possible culprits as the fork is actually working really well and I don't want to muck it up again, which, it seems, is really easy to do.
What I do not want to do is send it back to the dealer and have it warrantied. It always seems to come back with some kind of problem...after a few months of waiting.
The shop I send the fork to for service is fairly knowledgeable but I doubt they are very familiar with the 2 step platform as it's kinda rare here. I'm sure they just follow the manual and would probably not be able to see what's causing this problem.
My guess is that the oil level in the two step cartridge is incorrect. I heard somewhere that it is extremely sensitive to oil height.
Would really appreciate your thoughts!
