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Old 28-03-07, 11:06 AM   #4
chazzyb
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Default Re: Fork oil air gap

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Originally Posted by jambo View Post
A smaller air gap will not alter the damping, It will increase the effective "air spring", the smaller the air gap, the more the air at the top of the fork is compressed during fork travel, This means that at the end of the travel, the effective spring rate will be higher than it would normally be. Don't go wild, a little change would make quite a difference.
Sorry, I should have pointed this out too. The air gap doesn't affect the compression damping, but it does alter when it starts to take effect. The air will get compressed more easily to begin with, rather than pushing oil through damper holes.
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