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Title: PE400 fork oil???
Post by: Grunter215 on October 18, 2008, 07:39:04 pm

Just rebuilt forks so go to put oil in(no springs...) put in same amount each, take measurement from top tube to oil...20mm difference. Drain oil,repeat process...same What the ****!! .Is this a PE thing or a balls-up somewhere? I assume the measurement should be closer.Was told go by oil amount rather than measure. What ya reckon??

Title: Re: PE400 fork oil???
Post by: oldfart on October 18, 2008, 07:52:09 pm

fork tubes should be compressed and springs out  ......use the measure method lot easier  :)

Title: Re: PE400 fork oil???
Post by: LWC82PE on October 18, 2008, 08:21:26 pm

yeah sounds like  trapped air. you gotta let them sit for a few minutes and bleed the air out by stroking them

Title: Re: PE400 fork oil???
Post by: Grunter215 on October 18, 2008, 08:37:31 pm

Yeah done the no springs/compressed tubes and worked tube up and down a few times incase of trapped air . has been sitting for about 2 hrs and still about 20-25mm difference. So aslong as measurement is same the oil volume wont really matter as much???

Title: Re: PE400 fork oil???
Post by: LWC82PE on October 18, 2008, 08:46:45 pm

im not sure why there is that much difference. there shouldnt be that much diffference in the machining of the damper rods/fork tubes to create a 20-25mm difference. ???

Title: Re: PE400 fork oil???
Post by: Grunter215 on October 18, 2008, 08:55:14 pm

That was my thinking too. Might disassemble just to see. thanks guys