Cassie Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 Just to check with someone in the know...My reading of the Fox charts said 30ml in each leg (29er fork). I did this - yesterday, serviced the dust seals. What i can see now it seems that my Climb / Trail / Decend selection is opposite from waht it usually was...can this be? PS: service is not difficult at all...the oil was pretty gunky and the oil foam was pretty dirty...stanchions are still pristine...this afer 12months of use.
Cassie Posted March 10, 2014 Author Posted March 10, 2014 72 views...no quick answer/confirmation for me??? :eek:
droo Posted March 10, 2014 Posted March 10, 2014 30ml per leg is correct, but no ways that just a lowers service could have affected the damping - it's a completely seperate system.
Brighter-Lights Posted March 10, 2014 Posted March 10, 2014 Damper = 74ml for 80-100mm 29er CTD - 10W red
Cassie Posted March 10, 2014 Author Posted March 10, 2014 Ok here's the thing... When I emptied out the damper oil...I made sure i'd be able to "measure" the amount that came out... was around ~40ml...WITH THE ONE LEG MUCH MORE THAN THE OTHER...(the CTD side..)it took some time for more oil to drip out of the inners of the LH side...I do know that sometime the factory fill is not always up to scratch (a.k.a Johan B communications).{both the oil foams were still plenty full of oil ...} and there can be a bit of oil loss due to weeping onto stanchions...but THAT much??/ Not possible... So, now to the damper issue..what could have caused the observed issue of "reversal" of my CTD dial??It damps out on the Descend side while the Climb setting seems to be full open... Only thing i did was to set the rebound to "middle" i.e halfway between slow/fast before i removed the small set screw... did nothing else. Any ideas? Apart from that - the performance is still 100% - I cannot see any obvious difference...just it is a nice, clean system... Condition of oil drained from oil bath... Stanchions looks pristine still...
droo Posted March 10, 2014 Posted March 10, 2014 (edited) The reason the spring leg had less oil in it is probably because the oil has migrated into the spring chamber, which means you should change the float fluid in the spring as well, and while you're there remove the foam ring under the u-cup seal on the air piston. It's not clear from what you've said above whether you did or didn't touch the damper itself - you would have had to remove the cartridge from the right leg and unscrew and remove the compresson damper assembly to change the oil. The damper cartridge (exploded) is this bit, although yours probably isn't the remote version so the topcap adjusters will be a bit different. http://fcdn.mtbr.com/attachments/27-5-650b/852375d1386302593-fox-34-talas-27-5-150mm-$200-820-08-490-kit_reva.gif Edited March 10, 2014 by droo
Cassie Posted March 10, 2014 Author Posted March 10, 2014 I did not touch the damper assembly... only wanted to do the minor routine service...
droo Posted March 10, 2014 Posted March 10, 2014 Sounds somewhere between weird and impossible... if you find yourself near Obs bring it past and I'll have a look at it for you.
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