Triumphrat

FastbyFonjozy · 02-28-2006

Mayby I am crazy drunk but checked this several times....

I was adjusting my forks for Compression Dampening on my 2004 TBS and discovered that the right fork has only 12 adjustement clicks and the the left fork has 15 as it is supposed to.
Has anyone experienced this?
The manual say to adjust from full closed (firmest) counting backwards

[ This message was edited by: FastbyFonjozy on 2006-02-27 23:06 ]

tridentt150v · 02-28-2006

This is because somebody has done up the lock nut on the underside in the incorrect position.

The locknut is supposed to be set at and tightened 11mm from the top of the thread. Obviously somebody has set it at something more like 15mm.

If you undo the top fork clamp on the triple tree, undo the top nut [complete with adjuster] in the fork leg, undo the lock nut under/at the base of the top nut [you will have to hold the top nut + adjuster at the same time], spin the top nut off, set the lock nut at 11mm from the top of the thread, and then spin the top nut back on and nip the lock nut up. Screw the top nut back into the fork leg, and do up the triple tree clamp again.

I'd probably do the other side as well just to make sure it is right.

Bodger · 02-28-2006

tridentt150v.

Forgive me for pointing this out, but the compression damping is controlled by the screw at the bottom of the fork leg. What you have described is for the rebound damping!

FastbyFonjozy.

The difference in adjustment is probably down to crud building up in the threads of the compression damping screw.
You could try to free the threads with some wd40 or similar, but you are unlikely to want to use the last few clicks anyway, and you could be in danger of forcing the screw and damaging it, as it is quite delicate down there.
N.B. There is no way of getting at the threads or servicing the compression damping screw, unless you want to drill the small cap on the side and all sorts of things fly out of there.
Be careful, a second hand fork leg cost me £70.00 just because i buggered up my compression damping screw :hammer:

FastbyFonjozy · 02-28-2006

Yes,I am talking about the adjuster at the bottom of the fork next to the wheel nut.
It is suposed to have 15 clicks?
Right
I could not fine whre it mentions this in the Owners Manual?

I will go at it with an air gun and some WD at work.

tridentt150v · 02-28-2006

oops!

FastbyFonjozy · 03-01-2006

Quote:

On 2006-02-28 20:17, tridentt150v wrote:
oops!

No Oops Man,

That was an awsome explantion regardless

Great tech Thanks anyway!

Bodger · 03-01-2006

Quote:

On 2006-03-01 01:16, FastbyFonjozy wrote:

Quote:

On 2006-02-28 20:17, tridentt150v wrote:
oops!

No Oops Man,

That was an awesome explanation regardless

Great tech Thanks anyway!

I second that. I didn't mean to sound snooty, I had to check the manual just to make sure :-D
I would like to add just one small note to tridentt150v's post.
If your going to take the top nut off the top of your forks it would be wise to prop the bike under the engine and make sure everything is stable. I just have a vision of someone undoing the second nut and watching their precious bike heading to the floor :wow:

PS Mr Haynes says in his 91 to 99 manual there are twelve clicks! i don't know if it is different for the 04 TBS?

"The manual say to adjust from full closed (firmest) counting backwards"
That doesn't mean from 12 or 15. It means from fully in (hard)
(clockwise) count the number of clicks out (anticlockwise) to 4 (starting from 0), which is the standard setting for a TBS.

[ This message was edited by: Bodger on 2006-03-01 03:42 ]

Saigon5 · 03-01-2006

I had similar problems on my forks. The difference was the amount of clicks, on one side I had about half of the other side. When I took the forks in for revalving it was kind of fixed.

I guess the hardware is not the best possible and get stuck somehow. Still is a pain to turn one side but can't take it out.

FastbyFonjozy · 03-01-2006

"The manual say to adjust from full closed (firmest) counting backwards"
That doesn't mean from 12 or 15. It means from fully in (hard)
(clockwise) count the number of clicks out (anticlockwise) to 4 (starting from 0), which is the standard setting for a TBS.

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This whre I am Confused

What I did was set them to the same Depth.

Best I could do?
I taking it in for its first service tomorrow to my Mechanic and see what he thinks?

tridentt150v · 03-02-2006

I actually meant oops, silly me, I should have read the post a bit better.

Thanks all for the support in my hour of stupidity.

Serves me right for not paying attention.

And it is a bodger says, fully in is Zero, count out from there, the fact you can get more clicks on one vs the other [when you can get sufficient clicks for proper use] pobably doesn't mean much.