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RevellBikes
14-09-2008, 12:42 PM
My forks are society xenos. I pulled them apart a while ago to see what the internals were like on the spring side and have made a little diagram to see if anyone knows if I could lower them.

Im thinking if I stick some spacers on the dampening rod under that spring it will lower it?

diagram

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NH_
14-09-2008, 12:47 PM
it wont lower it, it will probably just fuck up your preload and make it bottom out prematurely

basically to lower it you need to make the spring smaller and adding spacers will just add preload
Welshy
14-09-2008, 12:54 PM
That diagram looks kind of like my DJ3's.

Do you have a top out spring in there?

If so, lowering them can be piss easy.
RevellBikes
14-09-2008, 12:57 PM
That diagram looks kind of like my DJ3's.

Do you have a top out spring in there?

If so, lowering them can be piss easy.


yeah the spring under the dampening rod is the top out spring im pretty sure?

and NH I get what your saying but wont sticking spacers under the damping rod compress the spring making the forks lower? I dont mind if they are hard, I would like that.
Welshy
14-09-2008, 01:03 PM
To lower mine, i just cut a spacer and put it on top of, or underneath, depends if your forks are upside down on the floor.

Lowers the forks and works perfect.
RevellBikes
14-09-2008, 01:18 PM
To lower mine, i just cut a spacer and put it on top of, or underneath, depends if your forks are upside down on the floor.

Lowers the forks and works perfect.

So pretty much what i said should lower my forks?
NH_
14-09-2008, 05:11 PM
yeah the spring under the dampening rod is the top out spring im pretty sure?

and NH I get what your saying but wont sticking spacers under the damping rod compress the spring making the forks lower? I dont mind if they are hard, I would like that.

the spring will compress yes, but a spacer just takes up the amount it compresses keeping it the same height but making it bottom out earlier
RevellBikes
14-09-2008, 05:58 PM
the spring will compress yes, but a spacer just takes up the amount it compresses keeping it the same height but making it bottom out earlier

I get what your saying now.
Richo 18
14-09-2008, 06:14 PM
Well, every other fork is lowered by shortening the positive spring and lengthening the negative spring, usually done by putting a spacer in between the top out spring and the dampening rod.