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29er / Re: Design flaw/quality issue IP-036
« on: May 27, 2016, 11:38:13 AM »
I pulled mine and have the same problem as karstenhorn.  Only one side of the bolt has visible contact with bearing/pivot. Initially I thought the noises and flexing were due to a lack of spacers on either side of the bearings, but on closer inspection its the pivot bolt only contacting one side. 

Karstenhorn, where did you get those longer "sex bolts"?  I have searched the internet and hardware supply stores and have come up empty handed.   

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29er / Re: Bearing Spacing?
« on: February 06, 2016, 11:56:09 AM »
I just used some cheap 1/4 inch washers from Home Depot, they are about 1.5mm thick:
Anything to keep the carbon from touching will work. 




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29er / Re: FM036 shock tuning (Rockshox Monarch RT3)
« on: December 01, 2015, 07:09:39 PM »
I have been riding a medium/medium tune Monarch for the past year and have resorted to extreme settings too.  I am it 250 psi :o to keep it around a 30% sag and to help prevent bottoming out but the small stuff tends to bounce me around.  I was planning on converting to a high tune this winter.

What PSI did you run with your medium tune and what are you running now with the high tune?

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29er / Re: Bearing Spacing?
« on: October 06, 2015, 02:08:25 PM »
I think having a washer/spacer on both sides of the bearing is the solution.  The frame is going to rub on the side of the pivot without a spacer keeping them apart.  You do not want these pivots sliding back and forth on the pivot pins which will cause excessive wear. 

Apparently these frames are being manufactured with only one spacer on each bearing, which IMHO is a design flaw or poor QC.  THese pivots need a spacer on both sides of the bearing to prevent frame rub and side to side movement.

This is what mine looks like with the new washer on the inside of the bearing.  You can see the thick black OEM spacer on the outside.


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29er / Re: Bearing Spacing?
« on: October 05, 2015, 03:10:34 PM »
After I received my frame, I pulled all pivots to grease and inspect them and noticed that on the back triangle only one spacer/washer was present on either side.  The bearing is centered and without a spacer or washer on the opposite side, the frame will rub and you will have movement on those back pivots. I picked up some washers from the local hardware store...problem solved.

I would bet that the movement and creaking people are experiencing is caused by only one washer on the back pivots.

Edit: forgot to mention I went with steel washers, not nylon washers.  I didn't want them to compress or distort around the bearing races.


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