Lowering 2013 Fox Float

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Lowering 2013 Fox Float
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flag JamesJozef
Posted: Jul 27, 2012 at 20:51 Quote
I've lowered 2012 and earlier floats, but this year it seems they've changed the air spring design completely and I can't figure out where the travel spacer needs to go. The fork is a 2013 160mm Float 36 that I'm lowering to 140mm. 2 phone calls to fox solved very little.

Anyone have any insight?
flag J-Carmichael
Posted: Jul 27, 2012 at 21:35 Quote
JamesJozef wrote:
I've lowered 2012 and earlier floats, but this year it seems they've changed the air spring design completely and I can't figure out where the travel spacer needs to go. The fork is a 2013 160mm Float 36 that I'm lowering to 140mm. 2 phone calls to fox solved very little.

Anyone have any insight?

I lowered my 2013 fox 36 float rc2 160mm today from 160mm to 120mm, it should be the same as every other year. Do you have any pictures of where you are having difficulty?

Before:
Parts for my Diamondback Dreamliner build.

After:
2013 Fox 36 Float rc2 lowered to 120mm

If you could upload some pictures or describe in more detail how the fork is different or where you are having problems I feel I could be of more help, cheers! Salute
flag JamesJozef
Posted: Jul 27, 2012 at 22:00 Quote
Where on the air spring did you put the travel spacers? Have a picture?

The older floats you simply had to pull the spring back and snap a spacer on, but in my 2013, there's a smaller diameter grey spring inside a larger gold one, and I'm blanking as to where the spacer needs to go. I can take a picture tomorrow as I'll probably have the fork apart again.
flag J-Carmichael
Posted: Jul 27, 2012 at 22:06 Quote
JamesJozef wrote:
Where on the air spring did you put the travel spacers? Have a picture?

The older floats you simply had to pull the spring back and snap a spacer on, but in my 2013, there's a smaller diameter grey spring inside a larger gold one, and I'm blanking as to where the spacer needs to go. I can take a picture tomorrow as I'll probably have the fork apart again.

I simply pulled the spring down and snapped on the spacers, I didn't really even look at the spring assembly to be honest but I lowered te fork in the same way as I have lowered previous years models.
flag JamesJozef
Posted: Jul 27, 2012 at 22:09 Quote
I'll take a picture tomorrow then. My air spring is a different design from the 2012 36 I rebuilt 2 days ago.
flag JamesJozef
Posted: Jul 28, 2012 at 20:47 Quote
I just needed to pop the bigger spring off the piston at the top so I could slide the grey spring down to snap the spacer on. It was a long day at the shop yesterday and it didn't want to pop off, so I just gave up. Fork is back together and sitting at 140.
flag J-Carmichael
Posted: Jul 28, 2012 at 20:49 Quote
JamesJozef wrote:
I just needed to pop the bigger spring off the piston at the top so I could slide the grey spring down to snap the spacer on. It was a long day at the shop yesterday and it didn't want to pop off, so I just gave up. Fork is back together and sitting at 140.

Nice!
flag downh1
Posted: Aug 14, 2012 at 12:17 Quote
Could one of you guys post some pics of how you did this? Where did you put the spacers? Were you able to use the regular travel spacers?
2013 float 36 internals
flag JamesJozef
Posted: Aug 14, 2012 at 13:03 Quote
There it is. That's the 2013 air spring that I have. The way I did it, which works, my fork sits at 140mm, but may not be 100% correct since the second top out spring is no longer captive, is to pop the gold spring off of the piston, and pull back the grey spring, putting the travel spacer between the piston and the grey spring.

Fox may be making new travel spacers for the 2013 air spring or more likely just calling it good enough.
flag ldukeshire
Posted: Aug 16, 2012 at 0:51 Quote
would it be ok to lower a float 150 to 100 or 80?
flag yo13bo
Posted: Aug 16, 2012 at 1:49 Quote
you can lower it as much as you want, theres no coil so there shouldnt be any issues with it at 80mm.
flag superbikes
Posted: Aug 16, 2012 at 5:38 Quote
I lowerd my 2012 fox flout 36s phoned mojo the wanted 120 pound to do this and i was ver surprised that they said do it yourself its simple WOW honesty from a company RARE these days dont you think . The emailed me a link to there web site showing a video how to do it . All it cost me was 20 pound for a spacer and oil and it was so easy to do just take your time its common sence .
flag ldukeshire
Posted: Aug 16, 2012 at 11:12 Quote
what would I gain by lowering my floats? would they be stiffer?
flag superbikes
Posted: Aug 16, 2012 at 11:18 Quote
ldukeshire wrote:
what would I gain by lowering my floats? would they be stiffer?
Dont know about stiffer. But you will gain the reason you want to lower tham . Me i lowerd mine from 160 to 150 becouse i changed frames . Hence i gained . Some people change the travel for there own needs and how they like it
flag ldukeshire
Posted: Aug 20, 2012 at 10:23 Quote
probly gonna be lowering my float fit rlc 120 to 80 or 90 any suggestions? its for my majesty
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