Also, how perceptible should the change in compression be? My rebound adjustment is night and day. On this, I truly can't tell a difference. I'm assuming that I really should be able to tell a night and day difference like my rebound adjustment.
After taking the attached pictures, I think I can narrow down my issue a bit more.
The rod extends 5.68 mm from the top of the damping assembly. When I compress, that rod, I can get it to extend only 1.98 mm from the top of the assembly.
When the top cap adjusting bolt is at full soft, it is...
Both stanchions were done individually. The compression stanchion (the one that's not working for me) was the second one I did. The rebound stanchion is working great.
I put in some 7w oil.
The oil level was set to the FSM specs with the damper rod fully extended (pulled up) and no spring installed. I wouldn't have been able to use my syringe if the spring was installed.
I worked the rod many times and waited the allotted time before checking the fluid...
So I took apart both of my front stanchions this weekend. It took a while but I got the seals changed (which were leaking), replaced the old oil and got them buttoned back up. Upon inspection today, my stanchion which handles rebound is working great. I can test it off of the bike and see that...