Judy Forks Springing Noise.

I had a problem like yours when I swapped the elastomers for springs in a low line RS. So I greased
the springs up and wamo it worked for years to come. But for less head pain or pain in the ass get
rid of the RS. Now move on up to the other side of forks and stay away from RS.

Fire up MTB 03

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Just stripped and serviced (when I say service I mean I just cleaned it

and

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replaced the oil) on my 2001 Judy XC. I also decided to switch the travel settings to 100 mm, just
to see what it was like (incidentally it wasn't bad, handled the rough stuff better, but steering
is not quite as sharp as before).

Just one thing, when the fork compresses a lot, ie when I hit a big bump,

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hear a springing noise from the left leg I think. I am assuming the left because it has a lot less
oil sloshing around.

When I bought this fork new, it did the same thing, and the bloke I bought it from fixed it. He
said he coated the spring in grease. I noticed this when I was cleaning it. All the left internals
had a lot of grease everywhere.....

The noise doesn't bother me that much, however what do you think of

covering

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the spring in grease? It is definitely not in the manfucturers service guide.

I am concerned about the grease mixing with the oil. However, the fork

has

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been like this for the last 2 and a half years, and I have ridden on it a lot.....

Grateful for any advice...... Also has anyone tried the Englund Air Cartridges in Judys?

Jeremy

ISTR a top tip circulating around these parts a while ago was to chop up a road bike inner tube and
stretch it over the spring, thus alleviating clanging noises.

I don't have as low an opinion of the Judy as some around here but it's not really worthwhile
spending lots of cash on it (i.e. Englund). I recently switched from a Judy C to a Bomber Z5 (air
sprung) and whilst I don't think the bomber is as plush as the Judy, the steering is noticably more
prescise now.

Andy Chequer

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Grateful for any advice...... Also has anyone tried the Englund Air Cartridges in Judys?

Jeremy

Jeremy, trash the Punch-N-Judy show and go rigid.

Peace, Bill The mind serves properly as a window glass rather than as a reflector, that is, the mind
should give an immediate view instead of an interpretation of the world.
:-]

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I am concerned about the grease mixing with the oil. However, the fork

has

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been like this for the last 2 and a half years, and I have ridden on it a lot.....

Grateful for any advice...... Also has anyone tried the Englund Air Cartridges in Judys?

Jeremy

ISTR a top tip circulating around these parts a while ago was to chop up a road bike inner tube
and stretch it over the spring, thus alleviating clanging noises.

I don't have as low an opinion of the Judy as some around here but it's not really worthwhile
spending lots of cash on it (i.e. Englund). I recently switched from a Judy C to a Bomber Z5 (air
sprung) and whilst I don't think the bomber is as plush as the Judy, the steering is noticably
more prescise now.

Andy Chequer

This is good advice and the way that I'd recommend fixing it. Like you'd I'd be concerned about
grease mixing with the oil. I've heard of others fixing it with rubber wrapped around the spring.

Regarding the Englund cartridges, I'm not sure that this is an option on the open bath Judys. It
worked on the old style cartridge Judys. In my opinion the Judy is a very plush fork (I have a 2000
Race), nearly as plush as a Marzocchi Atom Race that I have, and more plush than a Marathon that I
have. It also has very easy to control dampening, and the ability to be run at 63/80/100mm is a
great option.. It's only weakness is it's not super stiff and does not track as well as some of the
other forks on the market.