MCU / Elastomers for Marzocchi Z3

[BCNBiker]

Hello all,
Currently servicing a '97 Marzocchi Z3 and the elastomers have disintegrated. Would a piece of polyurethane (70A hardness) work as a cheapo replacement? Fork is for my daughter's bike so won't be seeing any big drops or DH Just want it to function..

Photo for reference:


Cheers

 

[eshew]

Z3 should be steel springs. Pic of the fork?

 

[BCNBiker]

Hey Eshew, thanks for the reply. This is the fork:


The MCU elastomer (5cm long, 3cm O.D) below the spring just fell apart when I opened it up. One of the red rebound stoppers is in pretty bad shape as well
Cheers

 

[eshew]

You are correct, those are definitely elastomers in there. I would guess any would really work, I know there are a few companies who sell aftermarket elastomers. Some members here may also have some old but good ones sitting around. Probably none specifically for this fork, but I'm betting just about any would work.

 

[d8mok]

I’ve got this pair which are 97 I believe. They had springs only inside. No elastomers.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/17661756..._w9sS7q&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPYI’m




I stole the crown off them for another fork hence why they in bits.