How much shaft shows when its fully compressed? On my fox rp23 the o ring would come off the end, with the monarch it comes to a stop about 7-10mm form the end of the shaft – is that right?

Not sure if thats right or not, but I regularly blow the O-ring off the end on big hits on my Mega.
Pretty sure I can do that with no air in it either but I’ve not tried.

Yep (*). To check just measure from the seal to the O ring after full compression & compare against the specified stroke of the shock.

(*)either that or we’ve both got knackered ones.

It’ll have a bump stop in it right?
I guess on bigger hits this compresses so you can still effectively blow the O-ring off but not by hand-compression.

feels quite nice on undulating pumpy trails but not so great on chattery fast descents

I have one and the o ring comes off the end often. Can you get volume reducers for monarchs?

if it went any further the rear tyre would hit the seat tube also

The Monarch on the Carbon FTM has a spacer in it to reduce travel a couple of mm (to 48 from 51 iirc), but mine has a bit more shaft than that left showing after full compression.

ah right no probs – cheers for that

The Monarch on the Carbon FTM has a spacer in it to reduce travel a couple of mm (to 48 from 51 iirc), but mine has a bit more shaft than that left showing after full compression.

Thats my understanding & its to stop the wheel hitting the seat tube. Seem to remember On One described it at the time as “Custom Tuned” 😆

lol

brant confirms that it is a 200x57mm shock (for length purposes) with a 51mm stroke (for travel purposes) incorporating a stopper

I kept blowing through all the travel on mine (NP Mega) spent a tenner on the adapter to adjust the IFC(?) pressure on mine. Initial car park, hop, wall drop, flight of stairs testing suggest its a different shock – in a good way!

That will be the IFP Kev, Internal Floating Piston. Its in the stanchion part and the more pressure you put in there the firmer the damping.

http://forums.mtbr.com/shocks-suspension/monarch-ifp-pressure-change-524727.html

The spacer reduces the internal air volume, so the shock ramps up more, reducing the bottom out tendency.

Does that mean you can run a little more sag perhaps making it more supple on chatter bumps?

can ftm carbon owners have a look at whether it is stamped with 57 or 51 on the shock shaft please?

Rob – funnily enough I noticed mine said 51 on it yesterday while I was fiddling with the IFP pressure.

Was the ifp pressure easy to change

Yep – you just need the adaptor, shock pump & something to undo the IFP valve cover. As kev above says the adaptor is about a tenner online (I got mine here). Take the pressure out of the main chamber, remove the IFP cover with a schraeder valve tool (or I expect a screwdriver could work), fir adaptor to shock pump then thread it into the IFP valve, fiddle pressure as you see fit, remove adaptor from IFP valve (still pressurised so a bit of a pop), remove from pump, refit cover, reset main air pressure, go ride bike.

I did it with the shock still on the bike so it wouldn’t be too hard to do it out on the trail & re-ride the same section while tuning the various settings.

FWIW mine felt a little better (less chattery?) with a slightly lower IFP, but I’m tempted to try it at the extremes (200 & 300 psi) to get a better idea of the overall effect of changes.

200×51 stamped on the shock shaft fitted to a large FTM.

where abouts is the valve?