Yamamike Posted November 23, 2011 Share #1 Posted November 23, 2011 I'm considering Progressive springs for my ol' girl and also want to lower the front end. If I remove the air ride system (as many seem to suggest with progressives) what will I find under the "clamp" on the forks? I want to raise the forks in the triple clamp but will I have to plug any holes which allow the air to enter the fork to prevent loss of fork oil?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bongobobny Posted November 23, 2011 Share #2 Posted November 23, 2011 In a word, Yes. There are inlet holes under those "clamps" that the air hoses are connected to... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamamike Posted November 23, 2011 Author Share #3 Posted November 23, 2011 In a word, Yes. There are inlet holes under those "clamps" that the air hoses are connected to... Any suggestions on how to plug these holes? Epoxy?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcarl Posted November 23, 2011 Share #4 Posted November 23, 2011 Any suggestions on how to plug these holes? Epoxy?? These holes will have to reamin open to allow for expansion and retraction as the forks go in and out,,,,, so you will need to cover these holes to prevent contamination in the forks. Question I have here though is, if you lower the triple tree, you will have to remove the ciriclip that prevents it from sliding down,,, so now how are you going to prevent the triple tree from sliding down the forks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamamike Posted November 23, 2011 Author Share #5 Posted November 23, 2011 These holes will have to reamin open to allow for expansion and retraction as the forks go in and out,,,,, so you will need to cover these holes to prevent contamination in the forks. Question I have here though is, if you lower the triple tree, you will have to remove the ciriclip that prevents it from sliding down,,, so now how are you going to prevent the triple tree from sliding down the forks? Ummm...doesn't the triple tree clamp do that?? I suspect any circlip would have more to do with the air inlet "clamp". If there's no issue of oil, I'm hoping sliding the triple down over the air inlet hole would be sufficient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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