I need to add some oil to my forks to keep them from bottoming. I was planning on starting at 10 ml. Any tips or things to watch out for???
Thanks
Adding Fork Oil through Air screws
Started by DRZ-Man, Apr 06 2000 10:31 AM
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Posted 06 April 2000 - 10:31 AM
I need to add some oil to my forks to keep them from bottoming. I was planning on starting at 10 ml. Any tips or things to watch out for???
Thanks
Posted 06 April 2000 - 11:58 AM
yeah, you need a syring AND a needle. OR just loosen the top triple clamp, the fork cap, compress the forks a little and add the oil that way.......probably easier, actually.
you cannot add oil thru the air bleeder easily, because the air you displce with oil needs a place to go, which is out the same hole you are trying to put oil in. i just got finished doing this.......i added 15ml, but i'd suggest 10 at first(i weigh 210 and figured i'd need a little more)
you cannot add oil thru the air bleeder easily, because the air you displce with oil needs a place to go, which is out the same hole you are trying to put oil in. i just got finished doing this.......i added 15ml, but i'd suggest 10 at first(i weigh 210 and figured i'd need a little more)
Posted 07 April 2000 - 06:05 AM
Is it 15 cc or 15 ml? I've seen various units on other boards. In full gear I weigh in at 240 and need some immediate front end action improvement.
Thanks!!
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Thanks!!
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Posted 07 April 2000 - 09:47 PM
uh...........same thing.
Metric lesson # 5,786:
a centimeter is a linear distance measurement. a cubic centimeter is a VOLUME measurement. the amount of liquid that will occupy a cubic centimeter is called a milliliter.
so (basically) a cc. and an ml. are the same thing.
this is why the Metric system is valuable.......because if you have one measurement you can figure out the others from it. say you had a cm rule, you could build something from it and know you can make a volume measurement from it.....easily.
not so in English/STN crazy measurements(unless you know the factors).
[This message has been edited by DR.billZ (edited 04-07-2000).]
Metric lesson # 5,786:
a centimeter is a linear distance measurement. a cubic centimeter is a VOLUME measurement. the amount of liquid that will occupy a cubic centimeter is called a milliliter.
so (basically) a cc. and an ml. are the same thing.
this is why the Metric system is valuable.......because if you have one measurement you can figure out the others from it. say you had a cm rule, you could build something from it and know you can make a volume measurement from it.....easily.
not so in English/STN crazy measurements(unless you know the factors).
[This message has been edited by DR.billZ (edited 04-07-2000).]
Posted 01 May 2000 - 07:14 AM
The word is it takes 42cc of oil to go from 120 to 110 mm height.
so far i have added 15.....looks like i'm gonna add some more.
so far i have added 15.....looks like i'm gonna add some more.
Posted 01 May 2000 - 01:42 PM
The DRZ is soft, and it does have a wide range of adjustent. The main reason the forks are coming up soft is that they don't have any-midspeed compression valving. The base-valve has to do all the work. With what we have been experimenting with the fork just ends up being too mushy. We are going to test with a "soft" and linear mid-valve. This will end up making a ton of difference for the guys who can't get it into the satisfactory range with just clickers, springs, and oil.
Regards,
Jer
Regards,
Jer
