This is in no way to reflect on Trailworker
So, I traded Trailworker my JrT plus cash for his '01 Shiver that he had just traded to get. I finally got it out for a ride today and I noticed that the rebound was too quick for me. A quick stop by my lbs to confirm this and they think that the cartridges are shot.
I take them home and dump the oil out of them - dirty and yechy! I disassemble one side to have a look at the internals (very easy forks to work on) and replace the oil. Push test them and they seem to be too fast still. I drain the oil out other leg and replace the oil, put it all back together and this side is much better. It has rebound damping.
My question(s) is this:
1) has anyone here actually rebuilt a cartridge? If so how?
2) will running full damping on one side and none on the other side blow the good side as well?
Other than that I think it was a good trade and don't regret it. I knew there was going to be some work to do on them, now I just got to figure how.