Suspension Tuning Difficulty?

Unless noted otherwise, these tuning tips apply to both forks and rear shocks.

Symptoms: Not using full travel, feels harsh, poor traction while making turns

Causes: Overly stiff spring or compression damping. Oil or air damping resistance felt when trying to compress a shock or fork.

Solutions: Lower air pressure or softer coil springs; reduce compression damping

Symptoms: Bottoms out, soft throughout travel

Causes: Spring RateForce required to compress a spring one inch. too low throughout travel or too little compression damping

Solutions: More air pressure or stiffer coils springs; increase compression damping

Symptoms: Harsh over large bumps, but good over small ones

Causes: Compression damping too high

Solutions: Reduce compression damping

Symptoms: Excessive sag Amount a shock or fork compresses with the rider sitting on the bike in a normal riding position. Best measured with an assistant holding your bike up and with the rider in full riding gear. On a fork, it is helpful to place a ZIP tie around one of the upper tubes., feels soft initially but does not bottom out

Causes: Initial spring rate or Preload Initial force placed on an air or coil spring. too low

Solutions: Increase air pressure or spring preload

Symptoms: Harsh over small bumps but uses full travel

Causes: Initial spring rate or preload too high, or too much compression damping

Solutions: Lower air pressure or install softer springs; reduce compression damping; reduce spring preload

Symptoms: Takes first bump in a series well but harsh over later bumps, poor traction in washboard corners

Causes: Too much rebound dampingair damping resistance that controls the rate at which the shock or fork extends after being compressed.

Solutions: Reduce rebound damping, if adjustable

Symptoms: Front end springs back too quickly after bumps, poor traction in bumpy corners

Causes: Not enough rebound damping

Solutions: Increase rebound damping, if adjustable

Symptoms: Lockout not working

Causes: Not enough suspension fluid in the damper; RLC forks only: blowoff threshold knob is fully counterclockwise

Solutions: Check damper suspension fluid level; RLC forks only: turn blowoff threshold knob fully clockwise then cycle fork a few times

All these quoted from FoxRacingShox Online Manual 07. Personally feel that applicable to all FOX Racing Shox and similar function fork or shock from other brands. Thx FoxRacingShox for the useful Tips.

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