josh_lives_here
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today i bent the living hell out of a pair of drop of comps :cry: (pictures soon)they came on my 04 kona stuff that i got in in early march ........does neone no about the warranty stuff????
warranty on kona/marzocchi??????????
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As a rough guide, I go by the following:
Bent = rider error.
Broken = hopefully a warranty case, depending on usage.
What actually bent? you might be able to get away with just a crown+stanchion unit, and there's a chance the steel DJ stanchions will be compatible with the DO, so you could possibly buy a new assembly and get a beefier fork at the same time.
Bent = rider error.
Broken = hopefully a warranty case, depending on usage.
What actually bent? you might be able to get away with just a crown+stanchion unit, and there's a chance the steel DJ stanchions will be compatible with the DO, so you could possibly buy a new assembly and get a beefier fork at the same time.
josh_lives_here
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yeah im pretty shure its the steerer :?
and its not like i hit a tree and bent them
http://www.farkin.net/forums/album_pic.php?pic_id=7857
that them.....there actually even mor bent now
and its not like i hit a tree and bent them
http://www.farkin.net/forums/album_pic.php?pic_id=7857
that them.....there actually even mor bent now
Dicky
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the crack you speak of was from the front edge of the underside of the crown, just near the fender mount thread drillings, yes?fish said:
This is because 03 model crowns were machined too close to the edge, creating a weak point. Has happened to number of forks already, the response in most cases being that Marzocchi supplied and fitted a warranty replacement crown/steerer assembly.
Which now means there's a few forks out there with black 03 lowers, and black 04 crown/steerers. grrrr baby yeah!
worry not, 04 fork owners - a quick inspection of the area will show the amended design Marzocchi implemented to fix this.
as for Josh's fork - he somehow managed to bend the steerer inside the crown.
Easy to do you might think, just nosedive-case a jump, and hey presto, shorter wheelbase.
Only Josh has managed to bend his fork forwards instead....
i'm thinking you cased the back wheel into a transition?
Pecker, seeing you're in comms with Dale @ Groupe over this, care to comment (for the good of the would-be fork breaking public)?
lotec
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:shock: i would hate to be watching that, i can feel the pain from here! i think you should get warranty, considering how new the fork is and hell there not supposed to bend like that are they, i had a friend that snapped the lowers clean off his exrs on last years stuff........... twice :shock: and they gave him a replacement the first time, i dont know about the second time, he got new forks anywayDicky said:
josh_lives_here
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i swear to god i didn't do nething badDicky said:the crack you speak of was from the front edge of the underside of the crown, just near the fender mount thread drillings, yes?fish said:
This is because 03 model crowns were machined too close to the edge, creating a weak point. Has happened to number of forks already, the response in most cases being that Marzocchi supplied and fitted a warranty replacement crown/steerer assembly.
Which now means there's a few forks out there with black 03 lowers, and black 04 crown/steerers. grrrr baby yeah!
worry not, 04 fork owners - a quick inspection of the area will show the amended design Marzocchi implemented to fix this.
as for Josh's fork - he somehow managed to bend the steerer inside the crown.
Easy to do you might think, just nosedive-case a jump, and hey presto, shorter wheelbase.
Only Josh has managed to bend his fork forwards instead....
i'm thinking you cased the back wheel into a transition?
Pecker, seeing you're in comms with Dale @ Groupe over this, care to comment (for the good of the would-be fork breaking public)?
......the just bent :cry: