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Old 08-29-2007, 09:20 PM
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bergerhag, fork diving is caused by soft fork springs or too much preload on the rear spring causing the back end to lift up when unloaded. This of course assumes you have the rebound clickers set properly front and rear. If you have more than 10mm of preload on the rear spring, it's going to be a problem. 6-8 is ideal. These zoke forks have an incredible amount of free bleed in them so the compression valving does not come into play until the fork compresses fast enough to open the valving. The adjuster screw on the base valve only controls when that valving starts to engage by increasing or reducing the free bleed. Most of the time you ride around on the springs, oil height and rebound dampening. The correct way to tune this fork is to first get the correct springs for your weight. If your fork springs are too soft, the air spring ramps up too fast and makes for a harsh ride. Make sure the new fork springs are set at 5mm of preload or your rebound won't work. The oil height needs to be at 125-130mm with the stock rebound dampening. If you run a higher oil height like 110mm this also causes the air spring to ramp up too fast causing a spike and also causing the fork to rebound too fast fooling you into thinking the fork is too stiff. Go back to the stock valving with the correct oil height and springs and try using the clickers to dial it in. Dave

Last edited by pobit; 09-03-2007 at 09:24 AM.
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