Hello guys, I have combed the threads and read all what I could find regarding swapping the OEM springs for RaceTech fork springs. I am about 180lbs without gear and my ride style isn't aggressive, just plain ol' fun rides (at least, so far), so I got the .90kg/mm spring rated forks. I am only interested in swapping the springs and fork seals at the moment. Now, I am trying to swap the stock springs out but I am really not sure how to go about installing the shorted RaceTech springs. I have read in most places that I need to cut the aluminum pipe that came with the springs to compensate for the deficiency in length, but I do not know exactly how I need to measure it. I found this somewhere on the Web, "So basically I have to measure from top of the spring to the top of the fork tube and subtract that by the fork cap thread length and add 10mm spacer." This bit of info is helpful but not very clear. Can anyone point me in the direction where to find the information needed - unambiguous info - that is. I appreciate it all. Thanks.
The best place to start is this: 1 lay down the original springs on the ground. If it had a spacer or washers lay them with it 2 take the race tech spring and lay it next to the stock unit with one end even with the stock spring 3 put spacer on top of racetech spring and mark where the spacer would make it the same height has the stock spring. (Note if you weigh more than 180 pounds you could hadd a bit more preload by adding a few millimeters to the spacer or by using washers.) 4 cut spacer and install new spring and spacer. Add new oil and make sure you have the same oil level in each tube. This should leave your fork caps sticking up about 1-1.5 inches forcing you to push down on cap in order for the threads to engage the tube, aka preload. Hope this helps Brian
Brian, Thanks so much. You definitely helped with your advice. I will be tackling this on Tuesday after I have turned in some grad work/assignments. If anyone has more tips, I wouldn't mind. Thanks again, Brian.
