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Kevinaye
Posted on Thursday, November 03, 2011 - 01:52 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Hey All,

I am getting 2007 springs installed in my 2006 forks. What is the oil level required? I have found 2 answers so far. 18oz each side and 16 oz (from the manual). But does the fact I am putting the springs in a different fork make a difference?
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Kevinaye
Posted on Thursday, November 03, 2011 - 02:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Actually, there also seems to be a discrepancy between he distance of the fork oil from the top of the tube.

192mm vs 172mm. Can anybody shed some light on this?
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Electraglider_1997
Posted on Thursday, November 03, 2011 - 02:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
2006 Ulysses:
Single Rate fork spring 39 lbs / in
Oil level 113 mm from top with fork fully compressed (+ or ' a few mm ideally)

2007 Ulysses:
Triple Rate fork spring 39 lbs / inch up to 3 inches of travel
59 lbs / inch from 3 inches to 5.4 inches of travel
84 lbs / inch from 5.4 inches to 6.5 (bottomed)
Oil Level 172 mm from top with fork fully compressed (+ or ' about 8 mm no problem)
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Kevinaye
Posted on Thursday, November 03, 2011 - 03:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Thanks for that. The manual does say 192mm for 2007 I don't know where the 172 comes from, but it does say + or - 8mm so I think we are going to go 180mm to get some where in the middle.

Cheers.
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Electraglider_1997
Posted on Thursday, November 03, 2011 - 04:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Go by what the manual specs it to be. I just copied and pasted that whole thing from a Badweb search on fork oil level.
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Ratbuell
Posted on Thursday, November 03, 2011 - 08:25 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Use the 07 manual for the 07 springs.

The ONLY change (parts-wise) from 06-07 was the springs themselves. Did the swap on my bike a couple years ago, used 07 fluid levels...verrrry happy : )
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