Subject: Re: WHAT"S THAT CLUNKING SOUND
Author: Matt Moore
Date: Aug 21, 2002, 10:17 AM
Post ID: 1710851605
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While the Ambo/Eldo drum forks do not provide normal "damping" as in more modern forks and shocks, there is drag from the oil and the bushings that provide some damping. Then when the fork reaches full compression, the oil in the bottom provides a "cushion". I believe that there is a pin that sticks up from the bottom of the fork tube that helps control the oil as the fork tubes reaches near full or full compression. I could be wrong, but that is how I thought that the loop frame drum forks worked.
Matt Moore
'73 Eldo project
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>While the Ambo/Eldo drum forks do not provide
normal "damping" as in more modern forks and shocks, there is drag from the oil
and the bushings that provide some damping. Then when the fork reaches full
compression, the oil in the bottom provides a "cushion". I believe that there is
a pin that sticks up from the bottom of the fork tube that helps control the oil
as the fork tubes reaches near full or full compression. I could be
wrong, but that is how I thought that the loop frame drum forks
worked.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Matt Moore</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>'73 Eldo
project </FONT></DIV>
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