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Re: [ST] Front fork bottoming with RT Valves
- Subject: Re: [ST] Front fork bottoming with RT Valves
- From: simonb <simonb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 13:03:23 +0100
On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 15:15 +0000, sprint_st@xxxxxxx wrote:
> "The clunk was followed by the bars comming up."
>
> WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THE "bars coming up"????????? I hope you mean that
> the forks compress until the clunk then they start to decompress only
> after you hear the clunk.
The forks bottomed, the wheel was still moving up, so the bars move up.
> First of all there is only one hole in a stock damper rod. There should
> be six large ones to defeat any damping by the rod when a RT emulator is
> installed.
Yes indeed.
> It would take one helluva blast to unseat the emulator. I mean
> blast not bump. Even a weak spring will hold the emulator in place and
> the diaphram of emulator would have to be screwed so tight that it
> wouldn't flow any oil.
True enough.
>
> Did you replace the springs when you put in the emulators?
Yes
> If so with
> what spring rate?
1kg/m
> Did you, or did someone else check the sag after the
> install?
Yes I did
> This smells like the space may have been cut wrong or not put in
> at all.
It was OK when it was originally done. I have a suspicion the oil has
gone all watery again. I will have to check
I just wanted to find out if anyone knew what the bump stop mechanism
was supposed to be. I guess hydraulic. Must forks are.
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