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General Category => Modifications => Topic started by: Perez on October 18, 2010, 03:29:02 PM

Title: Cartridge Emulators
Post by: Perez on October 18, 2010, 03:29:02 PM
Are the cartridge emulators a way of sprucing up the performance of the OLD (1984-1987) fork, The NEW model forks (1989+) or BOTH?
Title: Re: Cartridge Emulators
Post by: Fred on October 18, 2010, 03:32:29 PM
both
Title: Re: Cartridge Emulators
Post by: Arnie on October 18, 2010, 06:22:03 PM
Yes, both - But for all the forks with the damping adjustment rod (up to '90 I  think) you do have to cut the rod.  This means that you won't have any external damping adjustment, but that's not usually a problem.

Cheers,
Arnie
Title: Re: Cartridge Emulators
Post by: wakdady on October 20, 2010, 02:17:38 PM
Quote from: Arnie on October 18, 2010, 06:22:03 PM
Yes, both - But for all the forks with the damping adjustment rod (up to '90 I  think) you do have to cut the rod.  This means that you won't have any external damping adjustment, but that's not usually a problem.

Cheers,
Arnie

so i have a '90. i have to do something special to have the emulators installed? Please explain like i have no real clue. thanks  :good2:
Title: Re: Cartridge Emulators
Post by: andyb on October 20, 2010, 04:18:34 PM
http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=1911.0 (http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=1911.0)

89 and 90 are the same mechanically.
Title: Re: Cartridge Emulators
Post by: junkyardroad on October 20, 2010, 09:13:07 PM
Quotei have to do something special to have the emulators installed?

You have to disassemble the fork, drill a couple of holes in the dampening rod, cut off the rebound adjuster rod, and reassemble with new parts.  Pretty easy job overall. They come with instructions.