Hi,
I've just joined the forum and wonder if anyone can help.
I have some Manitou 1 forks fitted to a Dynatech MT4 frame. I built the bike back in 1993 / 94, following an accident on my previous bike, but had lost my bottle and it has ended up covering only a couple of hundred miles to date
When I was out a couple of weeks back the forks collapsed onto the front wheel... I've sent a PM to Slim to see if he has any replacement elastomers he can sell to me.
However, as well as the elastomers, I also need to get a couple of other bits for the inside of the fork, and wondered if anyone had similar experince with Manitou or other elastomer forks?
At the top (or bottom; can't remember without looking at the manual) of the elastomer stack but there's a hard black rubber washer that is about 1/2" long. I've managed to melt that on one side as well. It's a slightly smaller diameter than the elatomers, but I'm not sure if this is significant. I was thinking about cutting an elastomer to the right length to replace these. Has anyone else had to replace a siimilar bit? Is replacing it with a hard elatomer okay do you think?
Finally, the allen bolt heads get tightened down on something like a foam rubber washer, presumably to stop air from the gap between the inner and outer fork, and keep the compression. They melted on both sides. I guess I may be able to buy something similar that is fairly dense but still squashy (very technical description) and perhaps drill a small hole through for the bolt head, but has anyone ever managed to find something suitable to replace these sorts of things?
Any advice gratefully received, as the alternative is going back to the original rigid forks, which would need a new steerer tube fitted.
Thanks,
Damien
I've just joined the forum and wonder if anyone can help.
I have some Manitou 1 forks fitted to a Dynatech MT4 frame. I built the bike back in 1993 / 94, following an accident on my previous bike, but had lost my bottle and it has ended up covering only a couple of hundred miles to date
When I was out a couple of weeks back the forks collapsed onto the front wheel... I've sent a PM to Slim to see if he has any replacement elastomers he can sell to me.
However, as well as the elastomers, I also need to get a couple of other bits for the inside of the fork, and wondered if anyone had similar experince with Manitou or other elastomer forks?
At the top (or bottom; can't remember without looking at the manual) of the elastomer stack but there's a hard black rubber washer that is about 1/2" long. I've managed to melt that on one side as well. It's a slightly smaller diameter than the elatomers, but I'm not sure if this is significant. I was thinking about cutting an elastomer to the right length to replace these. Has anyone else had to replace a siimilar bit? Is replacing it with a hard elatomer okay do you think?
Finally, the allen bolt heads get tightened down on something like a foam rubber washer, presumably to stop air from the gap between the inner and outer fork, and keep the compression. They melted on both sides. I guess I may be able to buy something similar that is fairly dense but still squashy (very technical description) and perhaps drill a small hole through for the bolt head, but has anyone ever managed to find something suitable to replace these sorts of things?
Any advice gratefully received, as the alternative is going back to the original rigid forks, which would need a new steerer tube fitted.
Thanks,
Damien
