I am about to change the springs and oil.  Most people recommend to change one spring at a time.  However, the installation instructions from Progressive Suspension  tells to measure the distance with the "fork completely collapsed".  With this I am assuming that it is bottomed out.  Now it would be just about impossible to bottom it out with one of the springs in place, but not when both springs are removed.  Is it that when they say "completely collapsed" it is fully extended.  If this is the case having one of the springs in would make life a lot easier.

So what is a "completely collapsed fork"?

Quote from: LEVOSo what is a "completely collapsed fork"?

One that has been removed from the bike entirely and then compressed by hand as far as it will go with the cap (and spring and spacer?) removed.

As Manjul (The_good_guy) and I found out from sad experience, it's a really good idea to service the forks one at a time.  Otherwise you're liable to mix and match parts that may not go together.  Like, say, because a spacer came out of one fork and not the other when you were replacing the seals, and you tried to reassemble one side with both spacers....  

Like I thought.  Thanks

Quote from: Kerry
One that has been removed from the bike entirely and then compressed by hand as far as it will go with the cap (and spring and spacer?) removed.

I remember you want the spring IN when you're measuring the fork oil depth... Probably wouldn't make a whole lot of difference, but I'm pretty sure the instructions say that...

If you're just doing it the lazy man's way, a la Pablo, I'd just do them both at the same time. Only parts you'll take off and put back on are the caps.. the springs and spacers will be new parts that you can't mix up... If you're taking apart the whole fork though, yeah.. I'd definitely say one at a time.

trey

Instructions read as follows (from Progressive Suspension):  Oil level is from the top of fork tube to the top of the oil  with fork completely collapsed and the fork spring removed.

I agree, there isn't anything there to mix.  I'll do them at the same time.

Thanks

whoops.. stick foot in mouth... guess you don't want the spring in there. I wonder how I did mine..  

trey