2011 FOX Float 140mm FIT fork - not getting full travel

[Hairy]

Yo Yo

 

So the Fox that came on the Rocky just never gets to full travel, just let out all the air now and compressed the fork with my full big boned weight, and could only achieve the following as per the pic below ..... advice anyone?

 

FYI, fork was meant to have been serviced shortly before the sale and when there is air in the fork the fully exposed stachion measures in at 150mm.

 

 

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

 

Yo Yo

 

So the Fox that came on the Rocky just never gets to full travel, just let out all the air now and compressed the fork with my full big boned weight, and could only achieve the following as per the pic below ..... advice anyone?

 

FYI, fork was meant to have been serviced shortly before the sale and when there is air in the fork the fully exposed stachion measures in at 150mm.

 

Spacer?

[Daniel J Méssem]

too much oil (shooting in the dark here) 

[Hairy]

Spacer?

would think not ... previous owner would have wanted all the travel

[Hairy]

too much oil (shooting in the dark here) 

you may be shooting closer to the bulls eye than you think

[the nerd]

Take it to Droo?

[G00SE]

Spacer?

 

Spacer would reduce the length of the exposed stanchions, and it would still compress all the way in.

 

I think the problem is that its a fox

[Hairy]

Spacer would reduce the length of the exposed stanchions, and it would still compress all the way in.

 

I think the problem is that its a fox

[Odinson]

Spacer would reduce the length of the exposed stanchions, and it would still compress all the way in.

 

I think the problem is that its a fox

 

[Brawler]

My previous fox 32 was the same. I think the tea bags they use need replacing.

[G00SE]

I must say though, my Fox 150 float RLC FIT Kashima, blah, bla, blah... that I had on my previous bike, also rarely used more than 130mm or so of its travel, and it compressed all the way in when I took the air out, just didnt feel good.

[Hairy]

Had a older fox float before and it was really a great fork back then .... also used all the travel.

[G00SE]

Had a older fox float before and it was really a great fork back then .... also used all the travel.

 

Ya, theres def something wrong there.

Gonna need to take it apart to see whats going on.

[Hairy]

Interwebing search leads me to believe it is a oil volume issue or some oil moving from area to another.

[MrJacques]

Interwebing search leads me to believe it is a oil volume issue or some oil moving from area to another.

 

Just what I was about to post. Too much oil and something about a foam ring that allows oil to get past it into the air chamber. I see that some people have shortened the piston rod as well, but I'd check the oil level and foam ring 1st before doing a more drastic modification.

[Mojoman]

Just what I was about to post. Too much oil and something about a foam ring that allows oil to get past it into the air chamber. I see that some people have shortened the piston rod as well, but I'd check the oil level and foam ring 1st before doing a more drastic modification.

I had the same issues on my Fox. Let the air out and take a socket and undo the cap on the air side. I had quite a lot of oil in mine which prevented using all the travel. I mailed Omnico and they sent me a different scraper to replace the foam one with. No issues since.