Marzocchi fork bleed @ dirtbike magazine

Poking around www.dirtbikemagazine.com this morning and found something that many Husky (or guys with current Marzocchi dual cartridge forks) might find useful.

Marzocchi dual cartridge fork bleeding.

C

Thanks Creeper! I tried to find this the other day with no luck, after reading reference to it in DB '09 TC450 test.

From what I read, the reviewers were pretty enthusiastic about proper bleeding making quite a bit of difference.

Best of fun with it Norman.
C

What year did they start using these forks? Are all 50mm dual cart.? Thanks

I just got off the phone with Ron from Marzochhi, the guy from the article. He said the editor wrote that from looking at the pictures and didn't use his instructions. So he emailed them to me.

Here they are from the man himself.

Thanks Ron!

Later,

just sent in the pdf of the zoke service manual, should see it posted soon.

No... a magazine editor that prints what ever BS will fill the page? Say it ain't so Santy Claus.

yes its not exactly to spec in the dirt bike explanation, lost a little in translation from the mouth of Zoke tech to writer. sent in a copy of the factory manual to coffee. R

This is the best most lnformative thread I've seen on any forum ever.
Thanks guys

I guess these details are not accurate for my 08 TE because unless I miss my guess they changed the forks for 09?

This is only for the 08-09 TC-TXC, 09 WR125 with the closed chamber 50mm Marzocchi forks.

The TE's came with the open chamber 50mm Marzocchi forks in 08-09 and switched to the KYB's for 2010.

Later,

what bout the wr300 09? are they closed or open?

Open chamber for the 09 WR300.

The closed chambers have the red center on the top cap...


The open chambers have the solid silver top cap...


Later,

cheers

Is an impact wrench required to get the footnut? And does anyone know the range of oil that can be used in the outer chamber. The article says 280cc's but I am thinking I could use less or more depending on the bottoming resistance.

Thanks

Just a question i have a 2010 te310 and it has the closed chamber shocks , all the pics of this bike on the husqvqrna website and in magazine test bikes have the open chamber shock why is this so?

I didn't use a impact wrench ... just took them off and laid them out and used the axle to keep the fork from spinning and used a racket on the nut... I did loosen the top caps on the forks while on the bike ... Just loosen the top single bolt in the triple to ensure it is not holding the cap...

As far as the fluid level goes, I was trying to get the harshness out of mine for trail riding ... 280ML felt a little harsh on the trails, so I ran mine down to 240ML in 2 stages of -20ML each ... The second 20ML removal was not necessary as it did not get any more plush after the first 20ML was removed ... I'm also using very thin oil in both tubes ...

The oil was added back gradually to the 275ML level ... This level feels better than the 280ML level but I had to start on the clickers again to remove the slight slight harshness I did not feel at the ~260ML level ... I'm still testing here ... I do several rides on my testing ... My clickers are way way out on the compression side also ... and I'm about 148lb without gear ...

Bottoming resistance is compromised here for sure if you are going to hit jumps on the track so beware as you remove the oil ...



You can also set the pre-load on the springs while in the forks very easily also with clips on the fork legs ...