Re: [ST] Front fork bottoming with RT Valves.

[simonb@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Quoting Dan Wallander <newsgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> There is no bump stop for bottoming on the ST/RS forks.  They rely on
> the spring and the oil to keep from bottoming.  If the spring and the
> hydraulics are overwhelmed, the fork tube hits the bottom of the fork
> leg and will clunk.
>
> A single bump, no matter how big, shouldn't force the fork to bottom,
> the oil in the fork has to go through those small holes in the damper
> rod (and the RT emulator if installed -  though a weak spring COULD
> allow the emulator to become unseated, minimizing its effect) and
> physics - you can only get so much fluid through a given size of hole -
> dictates that rate.  A series of fast bumps that do not allow the fork
> time to recover could bottom the fork.
>
> Perhaps the clunk was the RT emulator reseating?  Sounds can travel
> strangely, there might have been something else that clunked on your
> bike too?


The clunk was followed by the bars comming up. It could be something else I
will have to investigete.

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SimonB
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