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Fork spring spacer
Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2017 3:28 am
by Leckbass
I was helping a friend with their forks yesterday and there was a PVC spacer that someone put between the top of the spring and the cap. I guess this was put there to make the spring stiffer?
Re: Fork spring spacer
Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2017 5:19 am
by Blaine
Leckbass wrote:I was helping a friend with their forks yesterday and there was a PVC spacer that someone put between the top of the spring and the cap. I guess this was put there to make the spring stiffer?
Yep & raise the front a bit.
Re: Fork spring spacer
Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2017 7:17 am
by WintrSol
It could be he has after-market springs, like Progressive, that require a different length spacer; it is very common for someone to cut a length of schedule 40 pipe to be that spacer.
Re: Fork spring spacer
Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2017 9:09 am
by navigator
WintrSol wrote:It could be he has after-market springs, like Progressive, that require a different length spacer; it is very common for someone to cut a length of schedule 40 pipe to be that spacer.
+1, if it was about 3" long, they were probably Progressive springs.
Re: Fork spring spacer
Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2017 6:43 pm
by Leckbass
Thanks for help, I don't think it was anything special, just looked like a small piece of pvc. Prob more like 2 inches long.