Technical/Service Help... Judy '97/'98 question?

[TOMAS]

Recently purchased a set of the TYPE3 firm springs for what was advertised as RS Judy '97, bingo I though, no need to cut back on the cake if this solves my Judy SL sag woes for £20... Come to fit them and something certainly seems wrong... the instructions inside say for '98 yet the packaging suggests they are '97... I assumed that the springs in the pack replace the stock elastomers, again much better for longevity I thought. However the springs seem longer and also the diagram shows a central shaft to keep everything aligned with the bottom spring, yet I don't have this (I have a solid elastomer as stock).

Any of you guys shed any light on my problem? I imagine its gonna transpire that the kit I have is for '98 and that it's different and wont work with my '97 forks...

Tom

 

[ishaw]

Re:

You should be fine with the springs. The challenge you have is to find something that you can use to join the two halves together in each leg. No idea why the kits dont come with them.

 

[FluffyChicken]

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They can be used but as above, you need something to keep them stable.

It is not a retrofit kit, that box isn't ticked and just the spring type box is.
The separation between the spring is not a lot, about the same as the old Judy Jax ones. So a few mm.

 

[ishaw]

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I recall making some out of judy jax and spring rate adjusters at some point.

 

[Retro Spud]

I've one of those joining pieces

I'll take a pic of it and post it up and if you can find another via a wanted add I'll post it off to you