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#601 ·
Techspec360 said:
Felt pretty good but feeling a bit sticky, might be time for a lowers service....then reevaluate.

How often you guys servicing the lowers? This fork seemed to go way longer than any of the other "brands" I've had before starting to get some stiction. I've got around 175-200 miles on it and it's to the point where I can point quite a bit of weight on the bars before it breaks free (once partially compressed ~60mm give or take).
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I have around 100 hours or 600-800 miles on mine and never serviced the lowers. I'm due and should do that when I change the shim stack. However I want to ride it a few times with the new stack so I can feel that change. Then service lowers to see if that changes the feel any.
 
#603 ·
I can confirm once you service the lowers the fork becomes super soft for the next 2-3 rides! So by changing the shimstack and riding it first you will have a pretty good indication of the true difference.
 
#605 ·
Not sure on that tire, but my 2.35 Nobby Nic on 30mm IW rims only leaves about 6mm of clearance between tire and bridge. I hear rocks hitting bridge all the time but no real safety issue. They usually dislodge after a few rotations.
 
#606 ·
Rngspnr said:
Not sure on that tire, but my 2.35 Nobby Nic on 30mm IW rims only leaves about 6mm of clearance between tire and bridge. I hear rocks hitting bridge all the time but no real safety issue. They usually dislodge after a few rotations.
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I have ztr flow ex with 25internal with revelation its ok but will upgrade to DVO diamong and maybe non boost
thanks
 
#607 ·
Darksoul said:
anyone with dvo diamond 29 non boost
with michelin rockR2 29 2.35 will have problem or not?
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Non boost diamond and 26mm internal width rims with a 2.35 Hans Dampf (which is huge for a 2.35) worked but had 3 or 4 mm clearance. It was fine here in dry SoCal but would be a problem anywhere with mud.
 
#608 ·
My new Norco Sight came stock with a 140mm Diamond boost. Fork seems well made and solid feeling. Won’t get a good ride in for a month or so due to winter.

Is it worth checking the bath oil in the lowers and greasing the seals before use? Or so they come pretty well lubed from the factory?
 
#609 ·
JoshM said:
My new Norco Sight came stock with a 140mm Diamond boost. Fork seems well made and solid feeling. Won't get a good ride in for a month or so due to winter.

Is it worth checking the bath oil in the lowers and greasing the seals before use? Or so they come pretty well lubed from the factory?
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Mine came well greased and with lots of bath oil from the factory. My standard practice is to run new forks for about 10 hours then change out the bath oil to remove all the particles generated from the bushes wearing in.
 
#610 ·
JoshM said:
My new Norco Sight came stock with a 140mm Diamond boost. Fork seems well made and solid feeling. Won't get a good ride in for a month or so due to winter.

Is it worth checking the bath oil in the lowers and greasing the seals before use? Or so they come pretty well lubed from the factory?
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DVO is good about shipping them ready to run.

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#613 ·
Cary said:
Great video. Where did you get those syringes?
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Amazon. They have a number of kits for around $10.

I have a set hanging on my workbench: marine grease, EPX grease, Slickoleum. Very nice to have them so accessible and easy to dispense with no mess.

Just be prepared for the odd looks when people see your stash of syringes and needles. I'll never forget my mother's concerned, "what is this for?" when she first saw them.
 
#614 ·
Doug said:
Amazon. They have a number of kits for around $10.

I have a set hanging on my workbench: marine grease, EPX grease, Slickoleum. Very nice to have them so accessible and easy to dispense with no mess.

Just be prepared for the odd looks when people see your stash of syringes and needles. I'll never forget my mother's concerned, "what is this for?" when she first saw them.
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Ohmygoodness I had no idea what I was missing out on. Now if I can get myself to the arts store for some little grease brushes to live in my 1lb cans I'll be complete.
 
#617 ·
Doug said:
I made the recommended changes to the shim stack. It is easy and to help others I recorded the process.

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Thank you, thank you, thank you! I have been wanting to do this for a while now but had the fear of screwing something up. Your video makes it very clear on how to do it. Hopefully I can find the time to get it done before the weekend.
 
#618 ·
Glad people are finding the video useful. It’s very easy once you know what to do. I could probably do it all in under 10 minutes. After a few more rides I’ll do a full bleed and pull the cartridge. I may try the piston flip with the shim stack mod just out of curiosity.

I got a ride in today on my test loop. 2.5 up a double track trail then down a mile or two of fast rutted double track with two miles of rocky single track that a bit of everything.

Fork felt great. I ran it with threee clicks of LSC and bumped up the pressure to 125 (usually run 115 to 120) and it still felt great on the slow baby head rock gardens. One slow rocky corner was smoother even though I picked a bad line. It soaked up my mistakes more than it had.
 
#620 ·
Doug said:
Glad people are finding the video useful. It's very easy once you know what to do. I could probably do it all in under 10 minutes. After a few more rides I'll do a full bleed and pull the cartridge. I may try the piston flip with the shim stack mod just out of curiosity.

I got a ride in today on my test loop. 2.5 up a double track trail then down a mile or two of fast rutted double track with two miles of rocky single track that a bit of everything.

Fork felt great. I ran it with threee clicks of LSC and bumped up the pressure to 125 (usually run 115 to 120) and it still felt great on the slow baby head rock gardens. One slow rocky corner was smoother even though I picked a bad line. It soaked up my mistakes more than it had.
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Glad you're enjoying it, it's all mud here and my bike is in pieces but I'm looking forward to trying mine out in the spring. I'm pretty sure that Ronnie told me to take the top two shim off and not the two under the top shim as your instructions dictate though. I've reached out to him just in case as I've put my damper back together with fresh oil and I don't want to take it apart for no reason.
 
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