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  • how to reduce oil level in my fork
  • watsontony
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    woundering how i could reduce the oil level in my marzochi all mountain sl 2 im pretty sure this is the reason i cant get full travel. the guy i got them off tole me “ive just put some new oil in them)

    GW
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    pour some out? is this a trick question?

    watsontony
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    no lol. wear do i puor from? top or bottom of fork? left or right leg?

    donsimon
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    is this a trick question?

    It could be more complicated than it first appears. I asked a simple question about fork oil lastnight and discovered that it might not be quite so simple.
    What weight oil did the guy you got them off, put in?

    watsontony
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    not a clue. but im only getting about half travel. and this is most likely cause of the problem.

    watsontony
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    well thats what all the evidence so far points to. im only getting half travel

    watsontony
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    not even got a clue how much and wer the oil goes

    GW
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    It could be more complicated than it first appears. I asked a simple question about fork oil lastnight and discovered that it might not be quite so simple.
    What weight oil did the guy you got them off, put in?

    ..and now you’re an expert? 😆

    find a service guide for the fork online Tony.
    stripping and re-filling the damping oil in a fork is not complicated or difficult but you need to know oil levels/volumes and weights.

    watsontony
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    i can only find a owners manual on marzochi’s website and google serch ect. and it tells you next to naff all. non of the important stuff anyways

    donsimon
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    ..and now you’re an expert?

    No. just passing on the expert opinions of others… 😆

    GW
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    You’re looking for something like this…

    http://www.wheresweyland.com/images/2006_marzocchi_service_manuals/2006-all-mountain%20sl.pdf

    but obviously for the year of fork you have

    watsontony
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    nice one mate. im pretty sure these are same as mine other than mine have 20mm and these are qr. im thinking ill just empty the only out and just replace around 80% of it and see if this makes it any. if it makes it better/fixes is i know its oil levels

    GW
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    try that but remember too little oil and a fork may top-out from lack of damping.

    donsimon
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    try that but remember too little oil and a fork may top-out from lack of damping.

    And result in a silly accident. 😕

    warunasanjaya1414
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    watsontony I think spellings for some of your words wrong.

    dyna-ti
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    Undo the top caps and dip in a cloth
    cloth soaks up some fluid and hey presto

    Mintman
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    . im thinking ill just empty the only out and just replace around 80% of it and see if this makes it any. if it makes it better/fixes is i know its oil levels

    If you’re going to go to the effort of pulling the forks apart, I think youd be best off replacing the fluid with the right amount of the right weight. After all, the fork is signed to run with a particular volume and type in it and if you start “fiddling” you might not ever get to the bottom of this half travel mystery.

    DrP
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    Look via the Windwave website – they often have Marz service manuals.
    As has been said – dump all the current oil, and replace with the correct volume of the correct oil….

    DrP

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