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Just got from a baking day out at the FoD. I've never seen it so busy, drove into the overflow carpark and managed to find a spot 50 meters from my house! :shock: The short sojourn to the pub on the way home was most welcome. 8)

I'm loving this hot weather, I've been out every night after work and I just about to head off to the Forest of Dean. Plus it's acclimatising me to my impending two week jolly to Egypt. 8)

Test fitted the shock this morning. Looks goods, just need to remove the pivot plates and re-drill to 8mm.

Sorry, wrong Quinton. :cry:

Which Quinton? Postcode would be good. We have a van going to Leeds tomorrow.

This. :oops:

TBH, I'm not even sure they are 36's. :? They are coil sprung with a oil cartridge. Some pics;

Anyone got a service manual or exploded diagram? I looked on the Pace site but they weren't immediately obvious...

This may have confused me a little... :wink: Your measurements are significantly different to mine. Also, there are no sleves or o-rings on my "hardware", top and bottom are the same shape and look like this;

OK, what size is your "hardware". Fnar! :shock:

So what do you call "them"? :wink:

I'm an engineer by trade (geek with machine tools :lol: ). Hardware (to me) is nuts, bolts, washers, shims. Bushes are the parts that go between hardware and (in this instance) frame and shock and are usually of a softer material, in this case aluminium. I can take pics of the bits I'd like...

Shims/washers will be clamped in position = no wear. The existing bushes have no evidence of wear on the mating faces, that means the bush does not move. Do you have the original bushes?

I've just stripped the shock out of the frame. Top bush as supplied is 22mm, frame is 22.3mm. Bottom bush is 46.9mm, pivot plates are 47mm For simplicity I'd use the off the shelf parts and shim to suit

That's why engineers invented shims. :wink: Did you measure the existing bushes or the frame?

Top Bush; http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... delID=7466 Bottom Bush; TBA

I bought some batteries for the verniers today, so as soon as I have the shock (and my new coat...) I can get measuring. cyfa> I'd still like your measurements for comparison.

I have two digital verniers and micrometers, what I don't have is any batteries... :oops:

If you already have the measurements for the bushes, post them here and I'll get on the case.

I used and abused Hi-5's for years without problems and I'm a big lad! Sure, they were never any more than adequate, but served their needs well enough. Technique probably plays a part in fork life, I've seen snapped forks from pretty much every manufacturer and it was usually pilot error as the...