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I would need something 15mm thick with a 8mm hole with an outside diameter of 22 mm or so. Any links for these sort of items please?
Quote from: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on January 02, 2023, 11:45:33 PMI would need something 15mm thick with a 8mm hole with an outside diameter of 22 mm or so. Any links for these sort of items please?If that's what you plan to do Ted, why not cut one of the 30mm spacers you have in half to make 2 x 15mm.Make sure they're cut square and both equal.
Just spent an hour removing one of the fork lock nuts - the nut will need replacing as it had been severely overtightened against the end of the thread to fit the pre-load spacers.I'm certainly not using the old spacers - I'm in pause/thinking mode to decide if to return to standard or us a smaller spacer.What thread is the shaft & nut supposed to be please it's an M8 but my M8 x1.25 dye is clearly the wrong pitch at first glance ?I think it's M8 x 1.0 pitch??
Quote from: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on January 04, 2023, 06:04:12 PMJust spent an hour removing one of the fork lock nuts - the nut will need replacing as it had been severely overtightened against the end of the thread to fit the pre-load spacers.I'm certainly not using the old spacers - I'm in pause/thinking mode to decide if to return to standard or us a smaller spacer.What thread is the shaft & nut supposed to be please it's an M8 but my M8 x1.25 dye is clearly the wrong pitch at first glance ?I think it's M8 x 1.0 pitch??If 10 threads measure 10mm then the pitch is 1.0. 👍
Purpose of sag is that any suspension sitting right at maximum extension in normal use has no capacity to cope with any quick extension due to road surface deformity. Usually set that way, the fork will "thunk" on minor road irregularities as it hits the top out provision and subsequently drive you nuts you want to try and avoid thunking definitely Progressive wound springs will work exactly the same either way up. Pedantic assessment will have them fitted with tightening coils at the top as best positioned with any extra weight then being on the sprung mass rather than adding to unsprung mass of the wheel assembly. In reality, although correct, it's highly unlikely anyone will be able to feel any difference as those grams have such a tiny additional contribution to wheel, brake, fork sliders etc.