Maybe some of you remember last season when I was having worlds of woes with my faulty fork seals. Being that it was my first time around with the job, I did, inevitably muck it up. The seals were damaged when I was jamming them in and began leaking almost immediately.
Round 2
I just replaced them a couple days ago and it's was a world easier. With the addition of a soft jawed vise and a 36mm socket it was smooth as a summer breeze and only took me about 2hrs start to finish.
The only thing I'm curious about is the air/oil fork's capacity to hold air. I pumped about 15psi into each fork tube when I was done. Even when I put all 220lbs of my weight on the handlebars the front end only descended about 2cm.
When I took it out, the handling was really nice, tight and smooth. Then the next morning it was much softer again and the front end travel returned to about 7-10cm.
Are there any forkin' gurus out there that would like to drop some knowledge about air in my tubes? I feel like maybe the rubber o-rings in the cap need to be replaced but I thought they looked alright. Thoughts?
Round 2
I just replaced them a couple days ago and it's was a world easier. With the addition of a soft jawed vise and a 36mm socket it was smooth as a summer breeze and only took me about 2hrs start to finish.
The only thing I'm curious about is the air/oil fork's capacity to hold air. I pumped about 15psi into each fork tube when I was done. Even when I put all 220lbs of my weight on the handlebars the front end only descended about 2cm.
When I took it out, the handling was really nice, tight and smooth. Then the next morning it was much softer again and the front end travel returned to about 7-10cm.
Are there any forkin' gurus out there that would like to drop some knowledge about air in my tubes? I feel like maybe the rubber o-rings in the cap need to be replaced but I thought they looked alright. Thoughts?
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