de-airing front forks

Lowlife1220 said:

i'm a little fed up with my front forks. they loose air just sitting there. is disabling the air assist as simple as replacing cap or plugging off the air ports? i'm sure I have to add some additional fluid but i can adapt.

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Well, just let the air out. Non air-assist forks still use air, the atmospheric natural pressure, which when the forks compress compress the air in the fork.



You might want to figure out where you are losing the air. Soapy water on the seals and schraders, and hold the front brake and compress the forks up and down and see where you get bubbles.....

The air assist doesn't really affect the preload, it's a damping assist, not spring assist. Preload is taken up almost entirely by the short spring on top.