Rockshock Judy XC cartridge damper questions.

[gdb2b]

A couple more questions for the RockShox gurus herein. I’ve disassembled and cleaned my spare 1998 RS Judy XC 1 1/8 threadless fork. The fork internals were in pretty good condition (unexpectedly so).
The uppers (stanchions) are immaculate – no scoring whatsoever. Same for the bushings. The damper side Judy butter was clean/not discolored and was free of foreign contaminants/grit. The non-damper side had some slight streaks of light grey in the Judy butter on the springs, but was otherwise free of foreign contaminants/grit.
A couple of questions:
1) How can I tell/test if this damper cartridge is working properly? Does its action change when the damper adjuster is turned fully clockwise versus fully counterclockwise?
2) Were there/are there different cartridge dampers that correspond to the different spring weight ranges?

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

 

[FluffyChicken]

it should have noticeable resistance through the cartridges travel both ways on the 'c3' style cartridge if I remember correctly. which would normally be in use in '98

yes the damping adjuster should alter it but don't overturn it. read the manual.

no same one for all. just alter the damping force.

 

[cagiva gezzer]

The C3 cartridges were rubbish out of the box and (as mentioned above) if you over adjusted them you knackered them.