Suntour raidon fork problems

ryaneagling86
ryaneagling86 Posts: 1
in MTB workshop & tech


Hi everyone i have a problem i need help with of possible. I have a voodoo bizango and i had a problem with the forks where if i put weight on them they sunk right down. I turned the bike upside down to try and take the lower part of the forks off which are Suntour Raidon forks and took out the rebound adjuster bolt and when i tried putting the bolt back in it will no longer go back inside. What have i done? Thanks everyone

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  • JBA
    JBA Posts: 2,852
    The Raidon is an air sprung fork, I believe.
    Have you ever set the air pressure/sag?

    The rebound adjuster is just a push fit so should easily go back in place. Did you only remove the adjuster (red knob with allen key attached - item 4 in THIS DIAGRAM) or did you also remove the damper fixing bolt (item 5)
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  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    If you removed the bolt, when you say it will no longer go back inside, do you mean you cant get it in the hole or it won't thread and do up (although clearly 'back inside', if its the latter it's probably because you have the bike upside down and the damper road has fallen under its own weight to the fully compressed position, you need to put it the right way up, allow it to fall down and carefully insert the bolt and thread it in without pushing the rod up. Or let the air out and compress the forks to hold it against the lower while you insert the bolt.
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