Attention Mr. Wilkey

[Stumpjumper]

What is the function of the cup assembly with spring inside on the bottom of the 99 XR 250 dampener rod assembly? This is located just below the valve stack on the dampener rod. It has been suggested to me to remove this to improve the spiking that occurs when hitting a rock or root at high speed. It feels like the forks lock up momentarily. After removing, the forks feel like I have very little rebound dampening and seem pretty soft even though I put in .42kg springs and running 5wt oil at 120mm. Rider weight is 165 lbs. Compression click on 5 from full hard. Thanks for your help! Any other suggestions for stock setup would be appreciated.

 

[DEANSFASTWAY]

I think thats the rebound check spring and with it removed it sounds like your forks come back too fast. I think youll like it better if you put the spring back in and turn the compression adjuster out to like 15 from full hard or get it revalved to be plusher. Just my opinion Good luck

 

[Stumpjumper]

Thanks for the reply. I'm going to give it a try this weekend and see how it works.