Okay, maybe a stupid question. I've only used PUSH once, to service a Fox refork. Recently had my Marz 66 serviced by a LBS that shall remain nameless, and since then HATE the fork. It's coil, so might just be that I need to get dial in. But just curious if there would be any benefit to sending to PUSH? Outside of getting the fork serviced, I have not touched it.
Okay, maybe a stupid question. I've only used PUSH once, to service a Fox refork. Recently had my Marz 66 serviced by a LBS that shall remain nameless, and since then HATE the fork. It's coil, so might just be that I need to get dial in. But just curious if there would be any benefit to sending to PUSH? Outside of getting the fork serviced, I have not touched it.
If you have an 06, 07, 08 or 09 66, it's a non-servicable cartridge and you're somewhat screwed (Push re-valves and re-shims forks with servicable internals). They can run ok if you are lighter and do not have to use much preload, or if you have heavier springs, but the low-speed compression isn't great/is non-existent. Still, they can be very good/reliable forks depending on the year (08 was real spotty) and spring system. I have an 06.
If you have an '10, I believe that was the first year of the servicable "evo" cart, which in '10 and '11 can be opened up and re-shimed. Avalanche makes a kit that should work for this (offering different shims that can be used on the piston). The '12 supposedly incorperates a shimmed rebound piston as well, leading to more consistant action in super-chunky stuff (which we have a lot of in AZ). Marzocchi can also re-shim the compression pistons on these.
In addition, if you have an 08 and later, you can get an avalanche 20mm cartridge for it. I have one of these in my 888 now and it's amazing in super rough terrain. It has real low-speed support but blows off like magic at higher speeds in choppy terrain. The price is reasonable and much cheaper than a new fork, the cartridge can also be saved and used with different forks, which makes it fairly versatile. This is very similer to what marzocchi will/may have in their '12 forks, but avalanche has been doing it for years and it will be custom-set up in terms of the shims on the piston for your weight and riding style, whereas the marzocchi is set at "one size fits all". The avalanche cart comes with an anti-bottoming cone setup to avoid harsh bottoms. The avalanche cart also offers (for a bit more money) a "mid-valve" which supposedly helps in the real steep stuff to avoid fork dive, but I didn't get this feature and it doesn't seem necessary to me. If you go this route (I also have two avalanche rear shocks and love them), try to be as honest as possible about your riding style and intensity. They make great products.
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