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[QUOTE="motor86, post: 69603, member: 16957"]
I redid the seating of the front axle tonight(loosening right pinch bolts, pumping front end with brakes on).  I was unable to ride it due to work to test it out.

The free length of the springs is 18.5"
The manual says they should be 19".  I didn't want to replace them when I found this out since I had no idea if this was the correct spring rate.  I wanted to ride it and see what I thought before I started modifying the fork to fit me.

I am sure, now that I think about it, that the springs are way too stiff for me.  The guy I bought it from weighed 220 lbs.  He didn't have any revalving done to it that I know of.

When I sit on the bike and rock the bike back and forth with the front brake on, I find that it goes down pretty hard for the first 3.5" and then it gets really hard to push down.  I know that all the internals are free and nothing is binding since I just had the forks all apart and tested them before I put them back together for binding.

Thanks

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