WR: Reba 80mm to 100mm (workshop report)

[Chewyeti]

Ease of job: 1 beer
Length of job: about the time it takes to nurse a beer.....

this was cake!
the instructions by rainman over on emptybeer were straight forward, and a little self study of the sram manuals made it a breeze.....

did it ON the canzo withou even pulling the fork.

Played with air pressures and it rocks....

so yeah, travel adjust is easy on a reba

[Zippo]

Originally Posted by Chewyeti

the instructions by rainman over on emptybeer

got a link?

[foofighter]

aaron you did what? the 80 to 100mm mod with travel adjust?

[Chewyeti]

changed it from 80 to 100mm of travel.

[Jordansrealm]

same thing i did on my Fox made the bike ride 10x better

[foofighter]

cool, i was thinking of doing the u-turn conversion

[Chewyeti]

Originally Posted by foofighter

cool, i was thinking of doing the u-turn conversion

how much do you weigh?

wont work for me....

[foofighter]

185 is there a limit?

[Chewyeti]

Originally Posted by foofighter

185 is there a limit?

im 235.... the extra stiff spring wouldnt be stiff enough....

you might be fine with the stiff....

[foofighter]

easy mod huh?

[Chewyeti]

Originally Posted by foofighter

easy mod huh?

the air spring travel change was easy....
never done the coil swap.

[Reedster]

Originally Posted by Chewyeti

im 235.... the extra stiff spring wouldnt be stiff enough....

you might be fine with the stiff....

I think the extra stiff might work for you. I gave my spring to Andy (OnlyonTwo) but I think he's going to switch it back because it's too stiff for Candace. You can have it if you want to give it a try.

It worked great, but the travel adjust didn't. But, since you want it at 100mm it will be good.

~R

[Chewyeti]

i like me some air, i can adjust it more than a coil.

[Chewyeti]

Originally Posted by Zippo

got a link?

sorry for the delay,
here was the link i used

http://forums.mtbr.com/blog.php?do=s...&e=1655&enum=2

Here's the quick and dirty on the Reba travel adjustment setup.

Let the air out of the positive and negative chambers.

Remove both valve cores.

Compress the fork and attach a strap to hold fork compressed.

Unscrew the 10mm nut on the bottom of the left leg until it is flush with the end of the negative air chamber threads.

Tap the nut with a soft hammer to unseat the air chamber (or air piston rod) from the slider.

Some oil will drain out so have a catch pan ready.

Remove the 24mm top cap from the left leg.

Use a thin rod to carefully push the air piston out of the top of the left leg.

Carefully push the thin rod through the hole in the bottom of the slider against the air piston rod until the air piston comes out the top of the leg.

Under the air piston is the spacer if the fork is set up for 80mm, or no spacer =100mm.

If going from 80 to 100 remove the spacer, if 100 to 80 add the spacer.

Carefully push the air piston down past the threads inside the stanchion about an inch.

Add 3-5cc 5wt Rockshox oil on top of air piston.

Install the positive air cap (24mm) and torque to 60 in/lb.

Install the positive chamber valve core.

Turn the fork upside down and with a syringe add 15cc of a 50/50 mix of 5wt and Red Rum through the hole in the slider.

Using a shock pump on the positive chamber add enough air to force the threaded portion of the piston rod out the bottom of the slider.

Install the 10mm nut and torque to 45 in/lb.

Remove the holding strap, inflate the positive chamber to the desired pressure, inflate the neg chamber 10 psi less.

Install both air cap covers, clean the fork and you are just about done.

E Z

[BeantownRider]

I love the Reba for its serviceability, I think changing mine from 80 to 100 was a 2 beer job, but that just speaks to my moderate alcoholism.

Another good reference is on the enduroforkseals website. Their tutorials rock.

[Evil Chocula]

Nice, I just converted mine this weekend too. I had a shop do it though. First ride last night, definete improvment on the technical stuff.

[Chewyeti]

did you notice more flex?