Fork Springs - Which way up

Uncle Bob · Post by **Uncle Bob** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 5:00 pm

Do the fork springs have the tighter coils at the top or the bottom when reassembling?

I forgot it's been so long!

Uncle Bob · Post by **Uncle Bob** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 6:25 pm

Pretty sure they were tight wound at the top.

Just Googled to see what the web says and the web says:

- Definately tight at top
- Definately tight at the bottom
- It definately doesn't matter!

Don't you just love Googling things.

Kryten · Post by **Kryten** » Sat Dec 20, 2014 9:08 am

One of the Pride articles I did was swapping out the springs for progressive rate ones. According to the Hagon instructions: Tight coils to the top

Uncle Bob · Post by **Uncle Bob** » Sun Dec 21, 2014 7:56 pm

Cheers Kryten, that is the way I will do it.

jerry · Post by **jerry** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 7:07 pm

Just had a set of Hagon 'road' shocks made slightly longer eye to Clevis for my winter updates. Made up by Dave at Hagon and delivered today. Tighter springs at bottom

. So it does seem with all the different advise we seem to be getting...it really doesn't matter.

Kryten · Post by **Kryten** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 8:19 pm

Rear shocks may well be different to the front forks

prothed · Post by **prothed** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 5:40 pm

In the FSM (for the 750 though) it says tight coils to the top...

lomsavage · Post by **lomsavage** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 5:24 pm

seem to remember (in dim and distant past) fitting progressive fork springs on the gs, they were tight at the top

If my logic serves me right that means smaller bumps are evened out by the wider bits and as they compress harder bumps are resisted by the tighter coils giving an ultimately smoother more even suspension action

Uncle Bob · Post by **Uncle Bob** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 9:35 am

Are the 1100 Progressive as standard? I just have what mine came with which is tighter at one end.

I put them in tight at top, for reference.

Nicky Dodds · Post by **Nicky Dodds** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 11:47 am

Same as mine rob.

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