Oh well... anyway... I was trying to pull up my stack here at work to see what I was going to change first in the stack after reading more on making the forks plush.
I know from memory that removing 3 or 4 large shims will make a ton of difference in the LSC and this is what I want. You do have to be careful when doing this to make sure there is still enough clamping pressure on the shim stack by the nut.
Reducing the size of the clamping washer effects the entire stack... both LSC and HSC (Makes it softer).Something else to keep in mind.
Mid-valves.... It should not be necessary to remove the mid-valve if you reduce the LSC shims. Although you may hear the mid-valve clicking as you tool through the woods and go over logs and rocks. This is nothing more than you hearing the mid-valve work which is good... it's doing it's job. When the LSC is set stiff... the mid-valve does very little but help clamp the action down... which is not what you want in the woods.
HSC... you want to keep the HSC stiff since this smooths out the really big hits like Ski talks about. These are my observations and my plans when I tear into them... just might have to do it next weekend so I can prove my theories!
