Merlin Malt 2 (05) - Suspension & Brakes
Verta
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Hi,
Hope you lot can help me with this... I am looking to strip down my bike this weekend as it's been a while since I gave it a good clean and I usually take it to my LBS to have any work done on it, this time I fancy having a go myself but I'm not sure on a few things.
1) Suspension - The forks fitted to my Malt 2 are Marzocchi MX Comp ETA's (05 model), I need to adjust the sag and rebound on them - I know I'm going to need a shock pump (I'll pick one up on the weekend) but other than that I'm not sure what I need or what to do. I have emailed Marzocchi's tech department asking for info but they haven't got back to me! Do any of you have experience with these forks?
2) Disc Brakes - The brakes I have fitted are Shmano Deore Hydraulic's (2005 - I can't find the model number for them), I would like to bleed the system and put some new fluid in as they feel a bit squidgy and have never had the fluid replaced (naughty, I know) but I can't find much relating to these brakes at all, let alone any guides showing me how to do it - they are all for the new model of Deore disks (2006 onwards) so I'm a bit stumped, do any of you know how to bleed these disks?
Last but not least, if I haven't described the brakes enough to determine the proper model, here is a picture of my bike to (hopefully) determine what they are:
Thanks
Hope you lot can help me with this... I am looking to strip down my bike this weekend as it's been a while since I gave it a good clean and I usually take it to my LBS to have any work done on it, this time I fancy having a go myself but I'm not sure on a few things.
1) Suspension - The forks fitted to my Malt 2 are Marzocchi MX Comp ETA's (05 model), I need to adjust the sag and rebound on them - I know I'm going to need a shock pump (I'll pick one up on the weekend) but other than that I'm not sure what I need or what to do. I have emailed Marzocchi's tech department asking for info but they haven't got back to me! Do any of you have experience with these forks?
2) Disc Brakes - The brakes I have fitted are Shmano Deore Hydraulic's (2005 - I can't find the model number for them), I would like to bleed the system and put some new fluid in as they feel a bit squidgy and have never had the fluid replaced (naughty, I know) but I can't find much relating to these brakes at all, let alone any guides showing me how to do it - they are all for the new model of Deore disks (2006 onwards) so I'm a bit stumped, do any of you know how to bleed these disks?
Last but not least, if I haven't described the brakes enough to determine the proper model, here is a picture of my bike to (hopefully) determine what they are:
Thanks
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sorry can't help with the suspension but here's a link to fitting and bleeding Shimano brakes, Im guessing its a similar process across the models.[/url]0
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Marzocchi lists manuals for past forks on the website.0
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Thanks for the help chaps.
I was looking at the wrong Marzocchi site for the tech documents, their Europe site only has docs for the current models! I also managed to find out what model my discs are thanks to John @ Merlin Cycles.
Time to go out and buy a bleed kit + shock pump 0
