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Sherman/Manitou inconsistancy! :(

Turley

Chimp
May 22, 2004
28
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Queensland, Australia
Ok, my slider+'s out of the box felt magic then they got all sticky. I sent them away a week ago and they came back feeling much better but they have stiffed up a little since then(pb like any fork after a service) but I ain't getting much small bump absorbion. I though I would check the oil height cause I was having to run 50+psi to avoid teh clunk and when I opened them up there is like no oil in them now! The oil height is like a foot into the stanchion! Now my forks are working alot better but, when I get emails from manitou stating the oil height shoudl be 4.25inch from the top of the fork fully extended and then once I send it in and get a fork that has totally different figures I am a bit concerned. Atm my shermans are the best hucking fork as they are soo smooth once you get a large enough hit but I race DH and this is far from waht I am looking for!
 

Toshi

Harbinger of Doom
Oct 23, 2001
38,419
7,804
yeah, i agree, 4.25" from the top at full _extension_ would be mighty strange on a fork with more travel than 4.25", or even 2" for that matter. i can't see how that would physically work.