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flag slobikerider
Posted: Aug 3, 2011 at 17:02 Quote
I've searched far and wide and i cannot find a straight answer as to what volume of oil i should put in each leg of my Marzocchi 66 RCv fork...

i've been reading that marzocchi forks come stock with too much oil in them, in my case, the amount of oil that came stock in my fork is limting the travel on my fork, i have read about other people having this problem over @ Mtbr.com, their solution is to use less oil, but nobody specifies how much oil...

i need to know how much oil i should put in each leg of my fork.

can someone help me out please?
flag pbuser102331
Posted: Aug 3, 2011 at 17:04 Quote
slobikerider wrote:
I've searched far and wide and i cannot find a straight answer as to what volume of oil i should put in each leg of my Marzocchi 66 RCv fork...

i've been reading that marzocchi forks come stock with too much oil in them, in my case, the amount of oil that came stock in my fork is limting the travel on my fork, i have read about other people having this problem over @ Mtbr.com, their solution is to use less oil, but nobody specifies how much oil...

i need to know how much oil i should put in each leg of my fork.

can someone help me out please?

Take the guts out of the fork and measure from the top of your fork to the level you have now,try and run 5-10 mm less than what you have,alternatively pour the oil into a measuring container and deduct 10 cc from each leg.
flag slobikerider
Posted: Aug 3, 2011 at 17:05 Quote
the old oil has already been drained, the fork has been cleaned and rebuilt, im about to buy a quart of 7.5 wt...
flag pbuser102331
Posted: Aug 3, 2011 at 17:06 Quote
slobikerider wrote:
the old oil has already been drained, the fork has been cleaned and rebuilt, im about to buy a bottle of 7.5 wt...

Just found this,it will be the same as the 66 rc3.


http://www.windwave.co.uk/documents/techinfo/2008%20oil%20volume%20chart.pdf
flag slobikerider
Posted: Aug 3, 2011 at 17:08 Quote
my computers not liking that download, it says it doesn't exist...
flag pbuser102331
Posted: Aug 3, 2011 at 17:09 Quote
250 ml for the left leg and 280 ml for the right leg.
flag slobikerider
Posted: Aug 3, 2011 at 17:10 Quote
very well, thanks Marquis! ill try that out tomorrow and report back!
flag pbuser102331
Posted: Aug 3, 2011 at 17:11 Quote
slobikerider wrote:
very well, thanks Marquis! ill try that out tomorrow and report back!

Try the stock lvs and then if your still not getting full travel remove 10 ml from each leg until it feels ok,i wouldn't go beyond say 50ml in each leg though.
flag slobikerider
Posted: Aug 3, 2011 at 17:14 Quote
the stock levels from the marzocchi website? or the levels you just gave me?
flag pbuser102331
Posted: Aug 3, 2011 at 17:17 Quote
slobikerider wrote:
the stock levels from the marzocchi website? or the levels you just gave me?

Lvs i just gave.
flag slobikerider
Posted: Aug 4, 2011 at 17:08 Quote
alright, i put those oil levels in my fork today, and my fork is still only compressing to about 130mm, so i take 10ml out of each leg, and try again, then again, and again, i took a total of 30ml out of each leg, and i'm still only getting 120-130mm of travel...
flag pbuser102331
Posted: Aug 5, 2011 at 2:06 Quote
slobikerider wrote:
alright, i put those oil levels in my fork today, and my fork is still only compressing to about 130mm, so i take 10ml out of each leg, and try again, then again, and again, i took a total of 30ml out of each leg, and i'm still only getting 120-130mm of travel...

Is there any air pressure in the legs ? and how heavy are you.
flag slobikerider
Posted: Aug 5, 2011 at 11:29 Quote
im 165lbs running 0 PSI in both legs
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