20-10-13, 07:02 PM
Shamed into finally starting project.
& it's all gone a bit Pete Tong!
Pearls of wisdom greatfully received at this point.
4L of 15 grade fork oil procurred y'day~ that's all they had in town in desired viscosity.Doh!
Now i had said i was just bunging them in without drilling anything but i decided if the damper rods came out easy i'd drill, & if i didn't i'd go with original plan.
Damper rods freed up easy,old oil was still looking fresh,so far so good.
Now got 4 8mm holes in each damper rods, erring on side of caution as easier to make a hole bigger than it is to make it smaller at later date.
Now's about when it went pear shaped.
Factory manual states 200mm spacer length & 323mm spring length~ thats for 98 model.
My measurements, 183mm spacer & 316mm spring.
Nows the really odd bit, bunged damper rods back in,prior to reassembly proper & i've only got 100mm travel!!!!
Took apart a few times, consulted parts diag, not lost anything, not assembled wrong as far as i know(after 3rd time of trying)
Maybe modified by P.O. but what's changed i can't fathom.
Anyway i'm gona go with the 100mm travel or now, not much to play with so what measures do i take to avoid bottoming?
The gold valves add about 13mm height, thought i'd shorten the spacers by about 8mm to give me a little more preload to play with.
Maybe run the oil level a bit high also?
At this point i'm wishing i hadn't started, but only cos it seems i've got modded forks (or messed up bigtime somewhere) :o
Anyone got any ideas?
& it's all gone a bit Pete Tong!
Pearls of wisdom greatfully received at this point.
4L of 15 grade fork oil procurred y'day~ that's all they had in town in desired viscosity.Doh!
Now i had said i was just bunging them in without drilling anything but i decided if the damper rods came out easy i'd drill, & if i didn't i'd go with original plan.
Damper rods freed up easy,old oil was still looking fresh,so far so good.
Now got 4 8mm holes in each damper rods, erring on side of caution as easier to make a hole bigger than it is to make it smaller at later date.
Now's about when it went pear shaped.
Factory manual states 200mm spacer length & 323mm spring length~ thats for 98 model.
My measurements, 183mm spacer & 316mm spring.
Nows the really odd bit, bunged damper rods back in,prior to reassembly proper & i've only got 100mm travel!!!!
Took apart a few times, consulted parts diag, not lost anything, not assembled wrong as far as i know(after 3rd time of trying)
Maybe modified by P.O. but what's changed i can't fathom.
Anyway i'm gona go with the 100mm travel or now, not much to play with so what measures do i take to avoid bottoming?
The gold valves add about 13mm height, thought i'd shorten the spacers by about 8mm to give me a little more preload to play with.
Maybe run the oil level a bit high also?
At this point i'm wishing i hadn't started, but only cos it seems i've got modded forks (or messed up bigtime somewhere) :o
Anyone got any ideas?