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Setting sag and preload on new fork springs?
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<blockquote data-quote="Oso" data-source="post: 1326279" data-attributes="member: 28056"><p>Okay, everything back on the bike except the plastic. Preload set at 4th line. I bounce the forks a few times to even them out. Set the bike over on the kickstand, push the zip tie down to the fork seal, gently mount the bike, lift off the sidestand, lightly touch the wall for balance and put all my weight on the bike. The zip tie has moved about 21mm up the fork. So, I think that still means I'm only getting 21mm of sag after removing 38mm of oil. I cut the spacer length exactly at top of washer to top of fork length minus the height of the top bolt. Something is still not right or am I not measuring sag correctly?</p><p></p><p>How far down should the top cap go on the threaded rod? I back the nut all the way to the bottom then thread on the top cap and it goes just about down to the top of the nut. I then bring the nut up tight to the bottom of the top cap. At this point there is a little bit of play in the spacer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oso, post: 1326279, member: 28056"] Okay, everything back on the bike except the plastic. Preload set at 4th line. I bounce the forks a few times to even them out. Set the bike over on the kickstand, push the zip tie down to the fork seal, gently mount the bike, lift off the sidestand, lightly touch the wall for balance and put all my weight on the bike. The zip tie has moved about 21mm up the fork. So, I think that still means I'm only getting 21mm of sag after removing 38mm of oil. I cut the spacer length exactly at top of washer to top of fork length minus the height of the top bolt. Something is still not right or am I not measuring sag correctly? How far down should the top cap go on the threaded rod? I back the nut all the way to the bottom then thread on the top cap and it goes just about down to the top of the nut. I then bring the nut up tight to the bottom of the top cap. At this point there is a little bit of play in the spacer. [/QUOTE]
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