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please help me before uncontrollable rage completely overcomes me.
trying to change the oil in my rc36 stealths and i can't get them back together
the damping control rod never fully screws down to the top of the crown. is there any instructions as to the correct diss/re-assembly of these forks.
if i can't do it i will just set fire to my entire collection of bikes. this is the third set of pace forks i've screwed up in a week.
anyone?
🙁
Erm... I had that problem on an older pair of RC36s.
It was terminal.
If these forks work anything like my older pair of RC36s (which I'm pretty sure they do), I think you must secure the circlipped damping oil leg cover at the top BEFORE attempting to screw the damping rod down. Doing this the other way round will simply result in cross-threading the whole damping rod assembly and turning the forks to scrap.
I really hope you haven't done this.
The correctly fitted damping rod cover acts as a guide to ensure that you don't cross thread the assembly. It is really easy to cross thread otherwise, because the damping rod is so long. Check the threads to see what's going on down there.
Check out the Pace website for a comprehensive range of pdf downloads for your forks that will explain most of these procedures.
Good luck!
hmm
that's not good 😯
If they're ****ed and you need some forks for a while, I've some Rebas (115mm) sitting in the shed you could borrow.
Just let me know if you need them, OK?
thanks nick
if i haven't owned myself with some paces we'll have to go for a ride soon. i'm home alone for the next 2 weeks
update - i can get them back together without oil in, tomorrow i will try and do it with oil in. I have to buy more oil as that which i did own has now been liberally sprayed over me, the patio and the garden 🙂
it seems the key is to approach the task [i]without[/i] invoking [b]THE RAGE[/B](TM)
REEEEEESULT
forks back to former glory. A calm approach (and a hammer) is what was required 🙂