hi got some totem solo airs 2010 they are about a month old brought of someone who got new with new bike they brought and wanted triples was riding fine yesterday and today got on bike and fork is topping out when i take off of jumps etc
have tried taking all air out of the fork and still does it turned rebound right down and tryed playing about with high and low speed compression adjuster but cant seem to stop it clunking and help would be very much appreciated thanks tony
Are you getting full travel? Does the lock out work?
If not, could be the regular RS fork problem of oil leaking from damper side uppers to lowers. DIY fix if you're happy servicing your own forks. Contact Loco off here for parts or help
check how much oil comes out of the damper lower leg and you'll have your answer.
yeah full travel everything seems to work fine apart from topping out quite badly tryed releasing all air pressure done nothing cant see any signs of leaking but there is only small amount of oil in them as solo airs could be possible any idea on how to fix though ?? thanks tony
sorry didnt see full message will have a look not too worried thinking of selling them really not happy with them
ok then but any idea of how much should come out ??
The oil thing is related to the issue I suggested...oil leaks from uppers to lowers on moco side and uppers holds about 135ml, lowers are about 20ml therefore if it was the issue I suggested, there would be way more than the 20ml there should be in the lowers
However, if you've let the air, and can get full travel when fork is compressed, I doubt it's that.
o right to be honest not understanding this as well as i should be only problem i have is down in brighton dont know of anyone who works on forks but thanks for the advice will have a look at the oil tomorrow and see what happens thanks tony
Could be not enough oil in there in the first place and you didn;t notice the top out business. Is there any damping at all? or some then none.
In any case - take the compression damper out and take a look in there - the oil should be about level with the bottom of the compression assembly when that's in there and the fork is extended (which will be the 135ml Nuke is talking about).
If there isn't enough oil top it up. It's not uncommon that a fork comes with the wrong oil level in there.
....although a good indicate of a lack of oil in the damper is the fork not 'locking out' on full compression.