Bottom cartridge bolt? Ha. Wot a surprise. They are buggers! I rounded mine off last time I had them apart. That's why I suggested letting a dealer with an airgun whip it out for you. .... er, the bolt that is.
Fun working on your own bike though, isn't it? When it all goes back together with a bit of TLC, it's makes the whole ownership proposition that much more satisfying. Wish I could tell you about the cartridge upgrades. Love to get mine done, but money prevents that at the mo.
Last strip down, I went a bit weird and instead of the usual lighter oil that everyone recommends, I went to 10weight. Now this sounds a bit daft, but after 100,000 miles, I'm pretty sure everything in there is very worn and slack. And the result is that I could back off the compression damping which has reduced the kick off the bumps and the fork dive is more controlled. I'm sure I've gone about this the wrong way, but it's a definite improvement on what it was previously.
Fun working on your own bike though, isn't it? When it all goes back together with a bit of TLC, it's makes the whole ownership proposition that much more satisfying. Wish I could tell you about the cartridge upgrades. Love to get mine done, but money prevents that at the mo.
Last strip down, I went a bit weird and instead of the usual lighter oil that everyone recommends, I went to 10weight. Now this sounds a bit daft, but after 100,000 miles, I'm pretty sure everything in there is very worn and slack. And the result is that I could back off the compression damping which has reduced the kick off the bumps and the fork dive is more controlled. I'm sure I've gone about this the wrong way, but it's a definite improvement on what it was previously.
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