Like I guessed
And if that didnt convince me
And if THAT didnt convince me...
Luckily I had bought a donor bike with a wrecked engine but luckily it was straight as Clint Eastwood!
So i set about stripping them.
Had to have a look in the bent set too, just incase there were any aftermarket goodies, but no, all stock.
The devils jizz once more, note to self; minimum two sets of nitrile gloves and take off the ring! Chem burns hurt!
And then etch
And the same silver as the linkage with halfords petrol resistant lacquer which is tough stuff!
Resealed them and used my ebay purchased oil seal driver
Meanwhile Id ordered Wilbers progressive fork springs
Problem with them though, they are the total lenth of the old springs plus spacer
Normally you would just leave out the spacer but i wanted to fit these gizmos and they would add more than the requisite preload that wilbers decided on for me
Have them on another bike and they are great. The basic idea is a similar set up to emulators but with the added benefit of the ability to supposedly be able to distinguish between chassis and road imputs and damp accordingly. Tall claims but they work on the other bike and thats a traillie too....
It sits under the spring, hence my preload concerns.
Needed to reshim after talking to Ricor.
Have to use 5wt oil (yes 5) to cancel the standard orifice damping of the fork and allow the ricor intiminators do the damping.
Used my home brew oil/air gap measuring tool
And the correct air gap
All the drama over and there they are
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