Nice fork!!!!!!

Hate to say it (yeah, right!), but these experiences are what led to a common event at MTB festivals
- the Huffy Toss.

[email hidden] (TJ Poseno) wrote in :"]news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

I have a cheap Wal-Mart bike, I know, dont flame me, but thats all my $$$ flow allows me for now.
But it has front suspension (if thats what you want to call it) What the problem is that I went on
a mud ride, so the forks were full of water and some other fun stuff. So wehn I got home, I took
them apart and cleaned/regreased everything and reassembled. I rode the bie fine with no prblems
for about a weekend, put the bike up and now they feel like they aer solid. I have _NO_ travel int
he front. I didnt travel in water or anythng that weekend so whyd they do this?

My next question it that when i put on my brakes (Avid 1D damn things are wroth more than my bike)
the fork flexes, it moves towards me a bit, like somehings loose inside, the things inside the
fork that slide up and down that sit on top of the springs seem to fit snugly, but it still has
play. Also I have tightend the bolts holding the whole thing together and that got rid of soem but
not all. And i cant tighten anymore or I thing I will put too much pressure inthere. Other than
getting a new fork/bike what do you think I could do to get a little play out of these things? And
get my 1" of travel bakc.

Hey ...

OKay, not a flame, but is it too late to return the bike to Wal Mart?

I had a similar experience with a Wal Mart bike and the best thing I did was return it, and get a
"real" bike. I know funds are limited, but there are always options. If you don't mind me asking,
how much did the bike cost?

C.Q.C.

"TJ Poseno" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I have a cheap Wal-Mart bike, I know, dont flame me, but thats all my $$$ flow allows me for now.
But it has front suspension (if thats what you want to call it) What the problem is that I went on
a mud ride, so the forks were full of water and some other fun stuff. So wehn I got home, I took
them apart and cleaned/regreased everything and reassembled. I rode the bie fine with no prblems
for about a weekend, put the bike up and now they feel like they aer solid. I have _NO_ travel int
he front. I didnt travel in water or anythng that weekend so whyd they do this?

My next question it that when i put on my brakes (Avid 1D damn things are wroth more than my bike)
the fork flexes, it moves towards me a bit, like somehings loose inside, the things inside the
fork that slide up and down that sit on top of the springs seem to fit snugly, but it still has
play. Also I have tightend the bolts holding the whole thing together and that got rid of soem but
not all. And i cant tighten anymore or I thing I will put too much pressure inthere. Other than
getting a new fork/bike what do you think I could do to get a little play out of these things? And
get my 1" of travel bakc.

Quoted post said:

Originally posted by Tj Poseno
I have a cheap Wal-Mart bike, I know, dont flame me, but thats all my $$$ flow allows me for now.
But it has front suspension (if thats what you want to call it) What the problem is that I went on a
mud ride, so the forks were full of water and some other fun stuff. So wehn I got home, I took them
apart and cleaned/regreased everything and reassembled. I rode the bie fine with no prblems for
about a weekend, put the bike up and now they feel like they aer solid. I have _NO_ travel int he
front. I didnt travel in water or anythng that weekend so whyd they do this?

My next question it that when i put on my brakes (Avid 1D damn things are wroth more than my bike)
the fork flexes, it moves towards me a bit, like somehings loose inside, the things inside the fork
that slide up and down that sit on top of the springs seem to fit snugly, but it still has play.
Also I have tightend the bolts holding the whole thing together and that got rid of soem but not
all. And i cant tighten anymore or I thing I will put too much pressure inthere. Other than getting
a new fork/bike what do you think I could do to get a little play out of these things? And get my 1"
of travel bakc.

Awfully hard to speculate from this level of detail.

One possibility is that something wasn't tightened up enough on reassembly and vibrated loose on your subsequent ride. Maybe some debris missed on the earlier cleaning has lodged in the fork. Maybe latent damage resulting in a part partially broken earlier finished snapping. Maybe later run damage.

As for where the water came from, probably splashing from the run with the muddy water MORE prone to slip through the cracks into the fork than the dirt and rocks of the mud.

Since you've taken it apart once and are familiar with the inside, take it apart and the problem might be obvious upon disassembly. If you have debris lodged in the tubes, you might be able to flush it out running water or compressed air from the opposite direction in which it entered. If you're have rocks jammed in your shocks you could pull them out of the springs/elastomer.