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How to Resize the Air Camber of your MAGURA TS8R Fork

Tuning forks to suit your demands and riding style can be done in a host of ways, but one of the simplest methods is to reduce the size of the air chamber, as this results in an unmistakable change in the progression of your forks. Here’s a guide for the MAGURA TS8R forks.

The MAGURA TS8R forks don’t give you room for play when it comes to determining the compression damping, but riders do have the opportunity to fine-tune their forks for their own personal tastes – simply by altering the size of the air chamber. It only takes a matter of minutes to insert spacers and the entire process can be carried out without having to rely on many tools.

Difficulty

easy

Necessary tools

  • 28 mm socket
  • Ratchet or torque key
  • MAGURA Fork Meister Grease
  • MAGURA air chamber spacers
  • Shock pumps

How to:

To start, release the air from the chamber by opening the ventilation valve.
To start, release the air from the chamber by opening the ventilation valve.
Then loosen the top cap with the 28mm socket …
Then loosen the top cap with the 28mm socket …
… and remove it.
… and remove it.
Then grease the seals of the air chamber spacers with the MAGURA Fork Meister Grease …
Then grease the seals of the air chamber spacers with the MAGURA Fork Meister Grease …
… and press them into the end cap.
… and press them into the end cap.
Lightly grease the thread on the top cap.
Lightly grease the thread on the top cap.
Put the top cap back in its place …
Put the top cap back in its place …
… and screw back in by hand.
… and screw back in by hand.
Screw the top cap back in using a torque key to 10 Nm.
Screw the top cap back in using a torque key to 10 Nm.
Then fill the fork with your desired amount of air pressure – Job’s a good ‘un!
Then fill the fork with your desired amount of air pressure – Job’s a good ‘un!

Words & Photos: Christoph Bayer