Helpful. Thanks.
I was going to change them to 130 mm travel so I guess as long as I get the 2019 air shaft then there is no issue.
As others have found mine is the old style solo air shaft. Replaced it with a 140mm debonair shaft from tft.
Forks sucked down when I let the air out and are still sucking down after the debonair upgrade. Going to try and clear the port by yanking the forks around before stripping them. Joy.
I've had the same issue Benson. I fitted a 120mm debonair shaft and with no compression the fork sucks down to <110mm. Assumed this wouldn't be an issue with the debonair shaft. What is the port you are trying to clear? Is it in the upper tube or on the air spring assembly? Let me know if you have any success with it.
Forks sucked down when I let the air out...
Isn't that just the negative spring still having pressure in? Most airshafts do that when you let the positive pressure to ambient in my experience. That's why you have to pull the shaft quite hard to get it out of the fork leg and there's a pop when it lets go. Unless the Debonair woks differently - I've not worked on one.
Mine is staying sucked down when the positive chamber is pressurised. From reading the fork should be fully extended when off the ground or unweighted with it compressing to the sag point when weighted. The little dimple inside the stanchion gets blocked with grease so the Chambers don't equalise and it stays down. *
Hoping to finish fitting it tonight and report back.
* I may have misunderstood and be talking nonsense.
Sorted mine by removing the cap on the air side and pulling up on the bars while holding the stanchion down. All good now 😎
Davros good to hear its sorted. I messed up fitting the sfn so it's off to the lbs to get a replacement fitted. Hopefully getting it reassembled tonight then going to take the top cap off.
I've got a set of the yaris that u don't want(wrong wheel size). I haven't sent them back yet as I've been away, but if someone wants them, id be happier to sell them for the 200 plus postage?
Blackmountainsrider - just dropped you message re those forks!
Neil
Got mine fitted yesterday and took the air cap off. Kept extending them till I got a slurping sound and they seem to be OK. There's still around 10mm of travel that stays down but that would appear to be standard.
