GCinDC
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can you guys not see my images? the google+ photo urls are different now, and i'm afraid they don't work for the public anymore. :|
anyway, i got the left (as you face the fork) leg w/ damping back together. there was no way to bleed it, so we'll see.
so i took apart the right leg.
the top cap has no adjuster on it. i finally figured out that i could clamp the rod and unscrew the top cap to remove the springs which were super nasty w/ old grease. not a drop of oil in this leg. no shrader valve anywhere either.
i loosened the bottom cap then pulled the lower leg out of the uppers.
there was no adjuster on the lower cap. totally solid. i wondered if a valve had once been there and been broken off, but no air hole to the cartridge.
no oil in the cartridge. not a drop. just a long plunger/stopper on the bottom rod. and a small spring on the rod from the top where it screws into the lower leg.
i've been researching the hell out of this but can't find anything else similar.
i'm wondering if i put oil in or not. seems like with any compression, the oil would just get squeezed past the stopper, and then linger in the bottom part of the cartridge. maybe it's just filled with air?
i'm thinking i'll just grease up the springs and put it back together without oil and see how it feels...
i've called hayes/manitou but no call back.
anyway, i got the left (as you face the fork) leg w/ damping back together. there was no way to bleed it, so we'll see.
so i took apart the right leg.
the top cap has no adjuster on it. i finally figured out that i could clamp the rod and unscrew the top cap to remove the springs which were super nasty w/ old grease. not a drop of oil in this leg. no shrader valve anywhere either.
i loosened the bottom cap then pulled the lower leg out of the uppers.
there was no adjuster on the lower cap. totally solid. i wondered if a valve had once been there and been broken off, but no air hole to the cartridge.
no oil in the cartridge. not a drop. just a long plunger/stopper on the bottom rod. and a small spring on the rod from the top where it screws into the lower leg.
i've been researching the hell out of this but can't find anything else similar.
i'm wondering if i put oil in or not. seems like with any compression, the oil would just get squeezed past the stopper, and then linger in the bottom part of the cartridge. maybe it's just filled with air?
i'm thinking i'll just grease up the springs and put it back together without oil and see how it feels...
i've called hayes/manitou but no call back.