DesmoAndrew
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I'm rebuilding the Marzocchi with Ohlins FGK 224 cartridges. A little unsure of the oil level.
After removing the spring and spring tube, the oil level is at about 250 mm from the top of the outer stanchion tube, when it is sitting all the way down.
Seemed a little low to me. No oil leaks.
The bike is track only. I was able to empty about 360 ml of oil from the forks.
One the one hand, the bike handled OK for me, so maybe just keep it the same. I'm not a demon on the brakes so tend not to bury the front. Sag was set, and the travel zip tie was close to the bottom, but not all the way there.
But I dont have a comparison ... and the 250 is at the high end of the range in the Ohlins manual and provides somewhat less spring force given the large air volume. I'm leaning towards adding 20 - 30 mm of oil to get near the mid range of the Ohlins manual (assuming I am measuring correctly).
Anyone have any insight on this?
thx
I'm rebuilding the Marzocchi with Ohlins FGK 224 cartridges. A little unsure of the oil level.
After removing the spring and spring tube, the oil level is at about 250 mm from the top of the outer stanchion tube, when it is sitting all the way down.
Seemed a little low to me. No oil leaks.
The bike is track only. I was able to empty about 360 ml of oil from the forks.
One the one hand, the bike handled OK for me, so maybe just keep it the same. I'm not a demon on the brakes so tend not to bury the front. Sag was set, and the travel zip tie was close to the bottom, but not all the way there.
But I dont have a comparison ... and the 250 is at the high end of the range in the Ohlins manual and provides somewhat less spring force given the large air volume. I'm leaning towards adding 20 - 30 mm of oil to get near the mid range of the Ohlins manual (assuming I am measuring correctly).
Anyone have any insight on this?
thx