2 Clicks Out: Shock Rebound Too Fast (TRAILER)

[@Ad-my9kg]

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[@haplmotorsports3086]

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[@MegaChevy65]

Hi Dave. I have a question. My rebound on my forks is un equal in turns. One has a total of 5.5 turns the other has 3.5 turns total. It's a 06 cbr600rr. Is this bad to keep riding like this?

[@catalystreactionsbw]

3.5 turns is stock. So, start from all the way counter clockwise until the adjusters stop, then count inward. Next time the forks come apart, get the issue resolved.

[@jessefpv9217]

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[@solmongrundy]

Mine facing raised edge in the rear tyre ,how do i prevent this from happening ?

[@catalystreactionsbw]

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[@yeehar99]

Dave, can you settle this one please before I go nuts. Do the terms "leading edge of" and "trailing edge of" refer to the tyre sipes/grooves or to the tread blocks? My newbie "gut feel" was that they referred to the tread blocks. I was beginning to be persuaded that they must refer to the sipes/grooves when I stumbled across yet more contradictory posts (elsewhere). I've not seen such conflicting arguments since "that dress" in 2015! I figure if anybody can put this important aspect to bed, you can! All the best.

[@catalystreactionsbw]

Dave Williams, editor, replying here. Sorry for the confusion. It refers to the sipes/grooves, in the direction of rotation. In other words, "leading edge" is the sipe/groove edge that meets the ground/pavement first, and "trailing edge" second. This happens because the tire flexes at the sipes. Push with your thumb on the sipe (thumb straddling the sipe/gap), then push on the middle of a "tread block" and you'll see. Then push with your thumb on one side of the sipe and then on the other side. When rebound is out of adjustment that's what the pavement is "doing". As the tire squashes to make a contact patch the pressure or push of the pavement is not even on both sides of the sipe, so one side wears down quicker than the other.

[@catalystreactionsbw]

Set the wheel rotation in your head. The first part of the sipe/tread/bock/knbby to hit the ground is the leading edge. As the wheel continues rotating, the second edge is the trailing edge. Does that clear all this up for you?

[@yeehar99]

Thanks both. I'm OK with "leading edge=first part to contact" aspect. It's just that I think a lot of people assume (some forum warriors insist) that it applies to the tread block and not the sipe/groove - which of course leads them in completely the wrong direction when reading tyres and making adjustments.. Thanks for confirming that it relates to the sipes.

[@catalystreactionsbw]

Interesting and thanks for sharing. Interesting that there's a supposed differentiation between blocks and sipes. I created those terms to make it universal language for assessment in wear.

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