|   what to do when 7" doesnt feel like a lot any more | yk2
Jan 29, 2002 2:11 PM | | i recently put on a 2002 jr t. it was great the first day or two, it felt like a ton of travel, but now i'm dissapointed to say that i almost bottom on a 3 ft drop. would putting a heavier weight oil in make the springs feel stiffer without actually buying new springs?
thanks. |
| Check oil height..... | pb
Jan 29, 2002 2:17 PM | | Marzocchi is notorious for sending forks from the factory with too little oil. Talk to Marzocchi tech support or download the manual from their website. |
| i think you have some issues | Jm
Jan 29, 2002 2:18 PM | | first of all, I did some hardcore DHing on mine two days ago,it sucked up some pretty big hits. I did bottom it a few times on some real high speed impacts(friggin flying into boulders). No bottoming on drops though.
What you need to do is raise the oil level, consult the manual for maximum oil level. This is why it is bottoming.
It is not 7" either, it is 170mm, which is 6.7", which is total travel, take out the negative travel and that leaves 6.5" of travel. That being said the Monster T only has 5mm more trave, and my Jr T did suck up some huge hits on sunday(because my dedicated DH bike is down right now, the Jr T is on my freerider). |
| My opinion..... | AMF
Jan 29, 2002 2:42 PM | | I am no fork expert, but to my understanding, oil level and/or oil viscosity control stroke speed(compression and rebound), and the actual force needed to bottom out is determined by the main spring.
However, a slower stroke (Higher oil level or higher viscosity) means it will take longer to bottom out, it also means that rebound is slower too and it will take the fork longer to fully extend after a hit.
Am I right ? |
| not quite | Jm
Jan 29, 2002 2:47 PM | | the adding of oil increases the oil height,this decreases the air volume and gives it less space to compress, this acts as an "air spring" in the fork, and keeps it from bottoming. Increasing the height does nothing to the oil damping. |
| My 2 cents!!! | BigHitKyle
Jan 29, 2002 5:31 PM | | That fork has progresive travel meaning that you will use lots of travel for the small things and the larger things. Try taking a bigger drop and you will see that it won't bottom out. If it does then you either need heavier oil or springs. Hope this helps. |
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