| Author | Message | ||
     Xedup50 |
this is second pair of white power forks iv put on my 98s1w,just bought a set off ebay and had them rebuilt by the local dealer. i put them on a went a down the road and did a wheelie and smashed the new forks as well. when i say smashed, i mean the upper tube hits the lower tube that holds the axle, and smashes the lip that holds the seal c clip. the first set was smashed when i bought the bike, i thought it was from the owner before me doing wheels with no oil in them. any one ever seen this happen before? | ||
| Blake |
I've not ever heard of that happening before. Sounds like the oil level might have been too low and/or compression damping too light. | ||
| Gotj |
Sounds to me like someone modified the fork's internals to allow more travel. Enough travel that the forks don't bottom out before colliding. I have trouble imagining a fork design that would EVER allow that "smashing" to occur under ANY circumstance. | ||
| Buell_bert |
Just off hand I would say that the proportioning valves in the upper end may be bad. If I were to adjust them to far out (and of course then some) it would allow way to much fluid to pass thru on compression. And if the O rings were leaking by it may bypass the valves. Hey just a couple options. And if all the air did not get out also. | ||
| Blake |
"And if all the air did not get out also." That was my thought as well, as it would also leave the oil level low, which hurts overall/effective compression spring-rate. |
