Cannondale Lefty Fork Torque
Service spring damper system inspection.
Cannondale lefty fork torque. Original cannondale tool used to remove the damping cartridge from the new 2013 hybrid needle cartridge lefty fork. Tightening to a torque of 250 in lbs 28 nm. It will not get as smooth as the rear hub. The new cannondale topstone carbon lefty is basically the same as the standard topstone carbon but now with a suspension fork and a switch to 650b wheels and tires.
Uses a socket wrench for easy and precise leverage. Torque specification for lefty and frame specific bolts can be found in the owner s manual supplements found in their respective genres here. Most cannondale lefty and headshock fatty fork owners are terrified to service the thing and we can t blame them. The changes sound modest on.
Fork structure means certain structural parts of the fork specifically the fork legs outer tube the steerer tube steerer tube clamps and the inner tubes with attached dropouts or spindle. Pour the specified oil volume into the bottom if your fork is a lefty max with it upside 5. When installing disc brakes to a. Use a 22mm socket to carefully remove the of the fork.
That sucks with no front lockout weight of 205lbs standing preference some pogoing with 3way swinger when not seated and highrollers my climbing needed all the help it could get to keep up with the pack riding buddies are 145 165 lbs and using 1 9 wormdrives. When removing the lefty cartridge make sure you have removed the preload air pressure from the fork. Changing the fork oil 3. Topstone carbon lefty comes with 650 x 47c tires for even more off road ability and on road comfort.
After all the lefty s amazing performance and rigidity is due partly to the 88 needle bearings sets of 22 sandwiched between 4 races that assure the internals slide stiction free inside the stanchion tube. Apply a drop of loctite 242 blue to the fork upper clamp bolt threads and tighten to 55 65. Cannondale s component offerings include torque specifications on the component itself. The fork structure is covered in the frames section of the cannondale limited warranty.
If your fork is a lefty jake proceed to step 7.