While replacing the seals I'm also swapping over the fork lowers. This means I could compare the standard kit to the k-tech race valves (i forgot to take pictures of the compression adjusters, i'll do that tomorrow).
Sadly it looks like a butcher fitted the valves, and I wasn't sure if some of the damage would be a problem, a quick phone call to
Steve Jordan and he confirmed they were setup correctly and the wear/damage on them wasn't an issue.
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| Top is the standard spring, bottom is the 9.0 k-tech spring |
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| Top is the race cartridge, with the removed bumpstop. You need to remove this to replace the valve on the bottom of the damper rod. It's edges are peaned over and it sits on a circlip. Not very easy to remove, without making tools to clamp the rod and drift off the mount. |
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| Top is the road rebound needle, the k-tech kit has this inside the valve in the cartridge. |
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| K-tech valves, left is the valve on the bottom of the damper rod. Right is the valve that's in the bottom of the cartridge . |
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| K-tech valve on the left, standard on the right. |
