The oil height only changes the compression rate of the fork during the last 10-15% of it's travel. (bottoming resistance). I have been giving some thought to overhauling my own shocks when they go bad. It really is simple. I found rebuilding my WR shock was easier than rebuilding my WR forks. I might even install a Gold Valve or other aftermarket piston. Suspension tweaking is fun. :-) If anyone has some valving recomendations I would be interested in hearing them. I haven't looked into the Piston posibilities yet because my suspension is fine for now. Louis
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I wish you well. Just sharing previous experience of former attempts by >various manufacturers to do the same thing. None of them happen to be doing >it any more. Fox Air shox comes to mind right off. Another example would be >how the forks (antiquated front suspension and steering devices) used to use >compressed air as the spring or spring assist. Fork manufacturers got away >from that practice and actually started going the other way to providing a >way to bleed of the pressurized air. Nowadays, on those dinosaurs that still >use forks, they use the free air space as a tuning tool. It is becoming >increasingly common for manufacturers to quote fork oil levels when >discussing the correct amount of oil in the fork. If a person wants to >stiffen the forks, they can add 5mm or 10 mm fork oil level. Again, they are >controlling the free air space above the fluid, the actual volume of fluid >being increased is not the deciding factor. >RSRBOB > > >. >
