Put gold valves in my forks this weekend. I had the cartridge open to convert the mid valve to a standard "check valve" as recommended.
The problem came when I put the aluminum dampener rods back in the main fork rod. One of the dampener rods sits just above the top of the fork rod and had a little spring to it when pushed down with a finger. The other dampener rod sits just below the top of the main rod and has no spring to it. This can't be right.
When I had the mid valve off I noticed that a small piece(cylindrical on one end and pointy on the other, less than an inch long) fell out of the main rod. I made sure that this piece made it back into the main rod on both sides. Does a spring go under this piece that I did not see? Should both dampener rods be "springy", and any ideas on how to fix my problem?
Bike is a '97 KX250/ Kayaba forks. -Thanks
The problem came when I put the aluminum dampener rods back in the main fork rod. One of the dampener rods sits just above the top of the fork rod and had a little spring to it when pushed down with a finger. The other dampener rod sits just below the top of the main rod and has no spring to it. This can't be right.
When I had the mid valve off I noticed that a small piece(cylindrical on one end and pointy on the other, less than an inch long) fell out of the main rod. I made sure that this piece made it back into the main rod on both sides. Does a spring go under this piece that I did not see? Should both dampener rods be "springy", and any ideas on how to fix my problem?
Bike is a '97 KX250/ Kayaba forks. -Thanks