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Why it their Play in my Forks ? ?

Posted: 02:45 pm Aug 13 2010
by ihatefalling
Weird....just noticed this.

2005....gold valves and racehtech springs.

If I hold the front brake and then push the bike forwards and down (to compress the forks. I get some "play".

It feels like...as soon as the fork starts to compress it "let's go" for about an inch then "grabs back". Meaning as I push down the fork has about an inch of "easy travel"...make sense?

Push down, feel resistance for just a bit, fork lets go and get's easy for about an inch, then grabs back, regular compression from then on.....

Posted: 02:46 pm Aug 13 2010
by Indawoods
Your feeling the floating disk move...

Posted: 03:48 pm Aug 13 2010
by gregp
..or a combination of play in the disk, and play in the brake pads/pins

Posted: 08:55 pm Aug 13 2010
by ihatefalling
good thinking greg...but the pads/pins seemed solid locked up

so whats that floating disk India?....anything I need to worry about or do?

Posted: 08:56 pm Aug 13 2010
by ihatefalling
oh wait....just searched it...so it's normal right?

http://kdxrider.net/forums/viewtopic.ph ... ating+disk

Posted: 09:00 pm Aug 13 2010
by Indawoods
Yep... completely normal....

Posted: 09:24 pm Aug 13 2010
by ihatefalling
thanks homey