fork air inlet

[Yamamike]

I'm considering Progressive springs for my ol' girl and also want to lower the front end. If I remove the air ride system (as many seem to suggest with progressives) what will I find under the "clamp" on the forks? I want to raise the forks in the triple clamp but will I have to plug any holes which allow the air to enter the fork to prevent loss of fork oil??

[bongobobny]

In a word, Yes. There are inlet holes under those "clamps" that the air hoses are connected to...

[Yamamike]

In a word, Yes. There are inlet holes under those "clamps" that the air hoses are connected to...

 

Any suggestions on how to plug these holes? Epoxy??

[Marcarl]

Any suggestions on how to plug these holes? Epoxy??

These holes will have to reamin open to allow for expansion and retraction as the forks go in and out,,,,, so you will need to cover these holes to prevent contamination in the forks.

Question I have here though is, if you lower the triple tree, you will have to remove the ciriclip that prevents it from sliding down,,, so now how are you going to prevent the triple tree from sliding down the forks?

[Yamamike]

These holes will have to reamin open to allow for expansion and retraction as the forks go in and out,,,,, so you will need to cover these holes to prevent contamination in the forks.

Question I have here though is, if you lower the triple tree, you will have to remove the ciriclip that prevents it from sliding down,,, so now how are you going to prevent the triple tree from sliding down the forks?

 

Ummm...doesn't the triple tree clamp do that?? I suspect any circlip would have more to do with the air inlet "clamp". If there's no issue of oil, I'm hoping sliding the triple down over the air inlet hole would be sufficient.