Did 20 miles yesterday in the pis#ing rain,Will get a ride in later,Might take the DH bike out and have a play.And trying to find accommodation for S-wales,So i can ride Afan,Cwmcarn
My LBS's all suck so i build and do all my maintenance,The only thing i dont do is wheel building,I have a pretty good selection of tools and i work for an engineering company so its all good.
I brought a set that had to much oil in them and this reduced the usable travel.I think if the oil leaks into the lower leg there wont be 150mm of stanchion showing.
File the lockring down flat until it reaches the freehub body,The Ring should come off and then just un-wind the threaded part that is left in the body,With no tension on the threads it should unscrew easily.
My mate had troubles with his 2.4's they kept burping at lower pressures and the sidewalls cut quite easy.
The other problem he had was that it lost its shape when we was riding in s-wales,It was like all the chords had broken inside the sidewalls and it had no strength at that point,making the tyre weak and bulge at that point.
Blue loctite is ok to use on threads down to about m4/m5 any threads smaller than that should use the lower strength loctite or risk ripping the threads out when trying to remove the bolt.
I have a 2002 4×4 octavia.Been excellent,very nice to drive,not brilliant of fuel and quite high for tax.
Engine is 150bhp but can be remapped to 210bhp ish some say 225bhp.
Check its had a cam belt-Every 4 years if i remember correctly
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