8th gen fork oil air gap

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    I'm doing a dump and run on my forks today, but having difficulty finding the factory specs for the air gap when filling the fork oil. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
     


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    Found it. 108 mm. 4.3"
     


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    While you have your forks apart can you measure the length of the spacer on top of the spring?
     


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    Sorry, but it's all back together.
     


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    spacers measure 1.972.
    If you need anything else measured, let me know. You have a few days.

    I had to go back in. My springs are under the service minimum. At 14 inches, it's time to order replacements.
     
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    Thanks for that, are those DLX? I'm guessing they are because they're listed as 13.89 in the manual
    What units are you using?
    I'm putting some KTech linear springs in that are 336 mm which is 17 mm less than OEM
    While you're at it what is the ODia of the tubes?
    Any chance of a photo?
     


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    1.333 od for spacers
     


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    Thank you
     


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