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softening the forks.....easily?
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[QUOTE="MACE, post: 120347, member: 16716"] [b]Oh man, I'll Probably Make a Fool of Myself...[/b] Because I haven't worked viscosity issues since way back at University, but here goes... How about an analogy... If I have a bucket of BBs and a bucket of birdshot (real small BBs for you hoplophobes) - lets say the BBs are heavy viscosity fluid and the bucket of birdshot are light viscosity. Now lets say I have a half inch water pipe and a small tube just bigger than the BB - the water pipe is the valve port and the small tube is the bleed port for the clicker. If I use a funnel and try to pass the bucket of BBs through the small tube they will jam up and be hard to pass. The small birdshot will pass much easier. This is analogous to the heavier oil being more restricted to passage through the bleed (clicker). The size of the bleed orifice is small enough that the fluid molecule interactions that define viscosity affect flow. If I use a funnel to pass the bucket of BBs through the water pipe, they will pass just about as fast as the birdshot did. This is analogous to fluid passage through the basevalve ports. The size of the fluid molecule is very small compared to the port so molecular interactions are not as dominant in port flow. It's all in the interaction of the fluid molecules. (This is the part that's foggy) higher viscosity means that the molecular chains are longer or have an electical affinity or some other reason the molecules get tangled or held together resisting movement against one another. And in case you haven't guessed, chemistry was my worst class. Maybe I would have done better if I had related everything to dirtbikes...:confused: [/QUOTE]
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