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Ages ago a friend removed a travel spacer from my Reba's, taking them from either 80 to 100 or 100 to 115mm travel...can't remember!
Anyway, I've just pulled them apart (yes I know, its dark outside now!) and thought the spacers were re-arranged on the rod but its now apparent the spacer is removed/added as required.
Anyway, printed manual shows a rubber/plastic spacer with indents in it that is roughly the same size as the air tube it slides into, but I can only find a hard plastic C shaped spacer that clips snugly on to the rod, and is smaller than the air tube. Google images shows both types, but I just want to check this spacer isn't from a set of pre-reba forks...
This is the spacer fitted
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Tek it out, et voila: 115mm (or 120mm in later models) travel.
Bung both on, travel is reduced to 80mm.
Yeh, but is it the correct type of spacer? I've had older RS forks in the past. Studying the diagram there are several differences, so it appears the '05-'06 manual I've printed out isn't the correct year...
The one I've found is the C type in this pic, I know the cream ones are from old forks.
http://fotos.mtb-news.de/p/464737
does it matter? all it does is stop the fork travelling as far -
Does matter if it falls off the rod after I've put them all back together...or gouges the bottom out bumper
Some RS forks have one that looks like a figure of 8 (sort of an hourglass) that you have to slide off the bottom of the rod rather than push off the side. Others have the C shaped one like in the picture above. Both do the same job I guess.
The cant fall off the bottom as they have a piston below them. If the C one snaps on securely you should be good to go.
Thanks 🙂