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[Closed] X-Fusion McQueen HLR - noisy feckers? Or is mine wrong?

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Got a McQueen and it's a squelchy old fork on the rebound, plus I need to run it at a much lower psi than recommended by X-Fusion - still feels a bit wooden and seems to be getting worse after breaking in fairly well.

Anyone got experience of these forks? Be good to hear if others have had a different experience.


 
Posted : 04/09/2018 7:35 pm
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Yes: squelchy on rebound (well it was yesterday, didn’t lube the stansions after previous, dry, ride out might be the issue, dunno).

yes: running much lower psi than recommended. Probably 20% less...

not been used enough to say whether it’s getting ‘worse’... still ‘breaking in’ 🤪


 
Posted : 04/09/2018 7:41 pm
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I have read that with 36's, this is usually a sign of a poor damper bleed.


 
Posted : 04/09/2018 7:43 pm
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Hm. One of my mates said the same and he's an engineer and everything. Might be off to TF Tuned.


 
Posted : 04/09/2018 7:47 pm
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I've had my HLR sweeps replaced under warranty and had a full damper rebuild on the second set, and they have always been noisey. I don't find them wooden though. Not sure what air pressure is recommended for my weight, but I run 0 HSC and 6-8 LSC from from fully open. Rebound is between 1/3-1/2 way from fully open, I forget how many click as there's so many.


 
Posted : 04/09/2018 9:08 pm
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Thank you for the counter-argument, mark90. I'll see how it unfolds I guess. Did you use tf-tuned for the rebuild?


 
Posted : 05/09/2018 8:04 am
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It went back to upgrade for the damper rebuild as a warranty issue due to something failing inside (developed a knock and a LOT of squelching during a run), the first warranty replacement was for flaking paint on the crown at 3 months. My preference would be to send it to Sprung or TF


 
Posted : 05/09/2018 8:20 am

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