[primo661]

i had an 04 boxxer world cup and it was really great until i snapped the arch in a huge bail, so i got a set of 04 races from a mate who had them lying around and put all my world cup parts into it, compression damper, rebound damper, silver stantions and new springs with new oil and they great on the big stuff but has zero small bump absorbtion!!! i cant figure it out all the settings and everything is the same but it has no small bump sensitivity compared to when i had my old lowers on and it feels very sticky, i think its called stiction??? is it the bush's that need replacing maybe?? if not does anyone know what it might be??
thanks in advance

 

[DownCycles_Stef]

I'd say that there's a fairly good chance you damaged one of your stanchions when you broke your arch on the 2004 Boxxer. One or both legs are probably at least slightly bent which could be the cause of the stiction. Keep in mind that if this is the case, if you've ridden the fork this way a few times, you've probably worn the bushings unevenly which would mean that were you to use new stanchions there would be a bit of play between them and the lowers.

 

[primo661]

i didnt think of that, i'll pull em apart and check, maybe put the boxxer races stantions in to see if theres a difference.

 

[cpanthen]

check the bushing depth in each leg. they should be the same if not you have problems. I had a bushing slip in my 04 boxxer and caused the same problem. But it did it in the first 2 months.

 

[primo661]

fixed it i spoke to patrick morewood from morewood bikes and he said almost all fork stiction originates from the oil seals. so i pulled my forks off and it was only 1 side sticking and i looked at the oil seal and it was really old and brittle and hard, put a new set in and its amazing!!