First off, thank you muchly for taking the time out of your weekend to help me with my RT build. Greg, after talking with you and very carefully doing that rebound valve mod I seem to have a dilemma. I could be wrong but I'm sure that when I was stroking the second one to bleed the cartridge before measuring oil level, that it was QUITE a bit stiffer on the way up. You had mentioned that rebound should be 3 times stiffer than comp and IT WAS. As an experiment I closed the rebound adjuster screw all the way and almost couldn't get the rod to move upwards at all. I left it all the way open. The first fork I had already installed on the bike but I distinctly remember the upwards and downwards stroke when bleeding, as being equal in stiffness and possibly easier both ways than the comp on the second. This is not good.......which one is correct and do I need to take the "equal" one back apart and look for something wrong? What could have gone wrong? I was meticulous and took plenty of time with each phase.
Also, to save complete disassembly, could I take off the top cap, slowly remove the spring to let the oil drain so as to keep it's level if I just put it back together, and stroke that first leg to make sure it is much different than the second?
Looks like I won't be riding this weekend......:-(
Ugh......