Marzocchi Z1 freeride servicing

mudcow007
mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
edited August 2011 in MTB workshop & tech
anyone ever serviced a set of Z1 free rides?

i got a vintage pair on my hard tail that as far as i know have never been serviced. the forks are from 2002!!

i cant find a service manual on the marzocchi site but i have been able to find a few pages from other sites

is there anythign i should be aware of when i open them up?

cheers
Keeping it classy since '83

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    looked in the tech links sticky above?

    eg
    http://www.enduroforkseals.com/sitebuil ... z1_mcr.pdf

    not too different.
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  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    Muchas gracias

    thats just what i was after!

    you ever taken any apart>?

    the lock out on the forks still work etc so im hoping they are worth servicing
    Keeping it classy since '83
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    again have you looked above.

    and Yes.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    yeah i have looked through the linky but i cant see anything that links to Z1's

    i found the link to Marzocchi though
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  • HandjobDan
    HandjobDan Posts: 704
    The link appears to be broken, doesn't work on my iPhone, google search and people have said the internals are similar to this:

    http://enduroforkseals.com/id27.html

    That's for the Marzocchi Marathon forks.
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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    HandjobDan
    it is a PDF file.

    mudcow007
    does not matter that are all the sameish.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • HandjobDan
    HandjobDan Posts: 704
    I can usually open them though and save to iBooks to read later as I have with most of the tech sheets that I use. Perhaps if the OP can't find it in the list you could link to it here for him?
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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    it works fine on 2 operating system and 2 browsers.

    and the OP has already got it.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,174
    Links are fine for me....
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  • HandjobDan
    HandjobDan Posts: 704
    Ok, it's not uncommon foe me to experience issues. as long as the OP has what he needed.
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  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    just stripped the forks, it seems pretty easy to be honest

    took out grub screws from top screws (adjusters) removed top plugs

    removed alloy bolt from inside legs

    drained oil

    remove nut from bottom of each leg

    pulled out sliders

    all currently draining old oil

    speaking of which, the old oil is like soup an stinks....bad times
    Keeping it classy since '83
  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    HandjobDan wrote:
    The link appears to be broken, doesn't work on my iPhone, google search and people have said the internals are similar to this:

    http://enduroforkseals.com/id27.html

    That's for the Marzocchi Marathon forks.

    thansk for that link to the endoro people, but they are not my forks, mine doesn't have the air valve
    Keeping it classy since '83
  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    Im an idiot ok i said it

    when i stripped the forks i removed the check nut from off the top of the cartridges...!! does anyone have any ideas of how tight these are done up?

    the check nut is the alloy nut that goes on top of the springs in each legs, i can get pics if needed

    pretty please :)
    Keeping it classy since '83

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