Post fork servicing questions?

supertwisted

I've just done a travel adjust on my 2011 Recon Silver TKs (solo air). They were originally 100mm, I've removed the spacer to make them 120mm.

However, on measuring them, they are now 130mm - I'm assuming that is because they will be 120mm when sagged? I dimly recall they measured around 110mm prior to adjustment so that should be correct.

Secondly, they make a shushing noise as they decompress. I can't for the life of me remember if they did before hand (not used them for a while) and now post DIY paranoia is making me think it's not right. Have cycled them a few times and they feel fine, no leaks etc. I'm probably just being dim here.

Thanks all

YeehaaMcgee

The noise is just the damping circuits making a noise, it's normal, and varies depending on the amount of damping you've set.
what exactly are you measuring? the travel, is how much movement the forks will have from maximum extension to maximum compression.
Not, necessarily, how much leg they're showing.

97th choice

Did you measure the size of the spacer you removed? When you let all the air out can you compress the fork through all it's travel?

supertwisted

YeehaaMcgee wrote:

what exactly are you measuring? the travel, is how much movement the forks will have from maximum extension to maximum compression.
Not, necessarily, how much leg they're showing.

Ah - yes I was measuring exposed stanchion .

supertwisted

97th choice wrote:

Did you measure the size of the spacer you removed? When you let all the air out can you compress the fork through all it's travel?

Yep, spacer was exactly 20mm. The forks compressed all the way in bar 10mm of stanchion showing with the air out.

YeehaaMcgee

Remember that there's a rubber bottom-out bumper, too. That makes the last few mm of travel almost impossible to obtain without actually riding.

supertwisted

Cheers, sounds like all is correct then in that case.