Taking my forks apart

Questions and comments about converting to beefier forks..
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bradf
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A typical woods BV shim stack would look something like this; assuming the BV is set flat:

Nut
Cup, edges facing towards shims or down in this case
Spring
Washer/sleeve
Piston valve
24.1 (4 ea) 24 mm X .1 mm thick there could be as many as 11 of these 24’s
22.1
20.1
18.1
16.1
14.1
11.1
Spacer , thicker than .10 usually

CC has another BV stack using .15 mm shims posted in his gallery.
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Ryan wrote:can someone tell me how to arrange the ones i have or is this not possible. I will definately have to buy new shims because my second base vavle has no on it.
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well since one of my base vavles is completly missing the vavle shims and i have to get the midvavles disabled i think im gonna send them to MX turner on georgiaoffroad.com . He said $40 plus shipping and he will set up my base vavles, buy the vavle shims i need and disable the mid vavles. Does this seem like a fair price and has anyone had work done by him??
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Since he is also disabling the mid vavles, and installing check plates for $40 still does it seem worth it?
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Post by IdahoCharley »

Regarding does it sound like a good deal? If I was going to replace the mid-valve with a new checkplate set-up and install a Base Valve set-up with new shims it would cost me about $40 in shims and more if new suspension fluids were involved and I performed the work myself.

I don't know MX Tuner or the quality of their work but generally you get what you pay for. MX Tuner an uncle or relative??
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