Hi,
I took my forks from my YZ250F apart because they were feeling stiff and had a serious stiction problem, I had them apart yesterday and noticed the oil i took out was almost the colour of engine oil(even though i changed the oil not so long ago!). Thinking this was the problem I replaced the oil and put them back together. No such luck they are still sticky! So i have them apart again and have taken the cartridge out. I noticed the damper rod doesn't fall back into the cartridge when I pull it up then let go-even when the oil is drained. The damper rod seems to have stiction, is this the problem? I have new bushes for the main tube, but don't want to put them all back together and find I still havn't fixed the stiction. Should the damper rod be very free with no stiction? and if so, what needs to be done with it? any other ideas would be welcomed :)
Thanks
I took my forks from my YZ250F apart because they were feeling stiff and had a serious stiction problem, I had them apart yesterday and noticed the oil i took out was almost the colour of engine oil(even though i changed the oil not so long ago!). Thinking this was the problem I replaced the oil and put them back together. No such luck they are still sticky! So i have them apart again and have taken the cartridge out. I noticed the damper rod doesn't fall back into the cartridge when I pull it up then let go-even when the oil is drained. The damper rod seems to have stiction, is this the problem? I have new bushes for the main tube, but don't want to put them all back together and find I still havn't fixed the stiction. Should the damper rod be very free with no stiction? and if so, what needs to be done with it? any other ideas would be welcomed :)
Thanks