Hi, unfortunately I have never had any of these forks in my possession, I'm sorry I can't be of more help.Have you took a set of these manitou sx carbon apart I have set and the bottom legs up to the brake pins (were you attach brake calipers) seem to move left and right plus there's a gap in-between the brake pins section and the brake boosters part is this fix able if I take them apart also do the forks break down into parts ie bottom legs the brake calliper bit and the top brake booster piece hope that makes sense