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I have a 2020 Fox 36 with the Grip 2 damper, just looking at adjust the HSC settings and it WAY more than the 16 clicks Fox says it has - more around 27 clicks! I've read that the last 16 going clockwise to fully closed are the only ones that make a difference. And even the first one or two clicks don't feel very clicky so I never really know where to start from.
This seems pretty silly to me - why not just have 16 definitive clicks!? Does anyone know if this is still the case on the latest models as they're only meant to have 8 clicks for HSC??
You always, always, always start from full clockwise/slowest, and count out from there.
You always, always, always start from full clockwise/slowest, and count out from there.
Sure, but why is it hard to not just have 16 clicks on the dial instead of 27??
Early Grip2 were a bit random on the clicks. In theory they can be changed at service back to 16.
Mine is 27ish. Never bothered me.
Opening it more than the stated number of clicks (16) from closed results in the shims floating and the low speed compression adjustment doing nothing.
prezet
Free MemberThis seems pretty silly to me – why not just have 16 definitive clicks!?
Because there's not really such a thing as a click of adjustment. What you've really got is an adjuster, and a thing that goes click. They're linked together to the controller, so that for a given amount of adjustment, you get a given amount of clicks, but if you have a wider range of adjustment for whatever reason, you get more clicks as a result of the more movement but you don't get more adjustment with those clicks.
So I think this one is an example of an adjuster with a limited amount of useful range, but a greater amount of movement than it needs, so you can keep turning the dial even once you're maxxed out. It's much like a tap with limited water supply, where the tap can be only halfway open but it's already letting all the water through, so the rest of the turns of the tap aren't doing anything.
(why you get that varies; actually putting hard stops on adjustments can be tricky, or impact assembly or servicing, so it's pretty common to get a hard stop at only one end, and at the other end it just goes off into pointlessness and you're supposed to notice. It might be that you actually dismantle the damper by undoing it loads, so if you keep on turning that adjuster you end up causing problems, and you're basically expected to not just spin the knob til it falls off. Other times, there's supposed to be a stop but it can be overcome, which pretty commonly happens when forks get older or the adjuster gets full of crap so you might not be sure if it's at the end or it's just jamming up, so you muscle it past...)
Sounds like your issue is solved, but in practical terms I'd suggest riding into some bumpy stuff fast with the knob fully open - and then at the point where it should be fully open, and see if it feels the same.
Then see if you notice a difference by closing it up from there.
Hopefully it'll be a "set and forget" thing, once you've got it in the right place for you.