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Fork oil height..

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SeanFD:
No worry Lobo; It more than worried me!!

I filled the forks after rebuilding with the recommended amount 230ml of ATF. This left an air gap of 232mm with the spring out and the lower leg fully compressed, as per IKON instructions. With the spring in, there was a preload of only 10mm, but I decided to run with that to see what happened.

I took it out for a ride with an Advanced Riders Group - so we were”making progress” as they say – and covered about 80 miles without a problem. Maybe a little soft at the front, but otherwise fine.

But in general I think the main thing is to have nothing sides the same, so as previously suggested, you could measure the one non-leaking side and then make it the same on the other.

Lobo:
Thanks all.
Erny methinks you misread my post.
Bryan... yep, I was trying a short cut & being lazy... today I simply drained both forks and started again / added 200mL / side.
Steve - ha! I was so bloody peeved at the rejuvenated copper washer leaking that I thought, “sod it!” and pulled ‘em both / swapped to fibre washers in a pique... before thinking your idea. Doh.
K2-K6. Cheers... always up for the lateral thinking bits.
...and cheers too Sean, glad you got it sorted.

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