gasgas Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 (edited) Duck today again in my GG frontsuspension as i am not yet satisfied with its behavior. It seems that the adjuster on top for the rebound can't do its job as i feel i am missing a crucial part inside. The missing part is the aluminium rod that sits inside the cartridge pushrod. When i look at exploded views of the 2005 suspension the alu-rod is there but in the 2002 and 2003 views there is no. I am aware of the difference in brands but the suspension is more or less the same. Anyone out there who knows more about it. The problem is that the rebound is only working the last 30mm and i hope that with the alu-rod the whole stroke is tunable. Edited July 1, 2005 by gasgas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gasgas Posted July 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2005 (edited) r2w, i know about the different legs/comp versus reb. I just can not control rebound damping except for the latest part of travel. And the latest part is only controlled by a oil lock system. Today i got a alu pipe of 4mm od with 2 mm id, which i put in the pushrod. The result is better, but will experiment further. The problem seems in too much freeflow of oil tru several holes in the push rod. So the rebound piston is not doing any work. Edited July 2, 2005 by gasgas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gasgas Posted July 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2005 yes, keeping the front of the ground is one way to go. But my "teacher " is learning me the basics of trial first which is basic turning and all that old classic kind of riding. Only then he says i may be become a good trial rider. That i am more critical is not really the case. I just like to go into things and since i have changes my mx-bike front suspension so many time, it is now time for the trial bike to coop with my mechanic skills . I just see a lot of flaws in the concept of the 2002 suspension, which i feel can be improved with minimal cost/labour. There is for example no anti-bottoming system. Although that there is a cone availble. It just seems that the pro's can easily make this fork better. Everbody is very happy with the marzocchies nowadays probably because of the extra's like bottoming cones and progressive rebound and compression adjustment. Anyway i keep on fiddling and report back with any "breaktru's" Btw how in heavens name can the rebuilt these sachs shock? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gasgas Posted July 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 R2w, you just sound like my father Honda, i feel you know more about the forks. Have you done anything to them or are you talking in generals here. Is there anyone who has seen the marzocchies internally and compared them with the GG units? Aren't the GG units of the 2002 years marzocchies anyway? I will try the heavy oil to see what that can do, but in the meantime i am closing up the oil holes in the push rod to see what that brings. Btw i am closing the holes by sticking a rod in the push rod so it is not anything drastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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