Hi guys.Been lent a pair of extenders on approval. I am not quite happy with them.
I assumed that FE's were a tube, that screwed into the place where the cap used to go, then either replaced the fork caps or provided a thread for the caps. Then I assumed that either there was an inner that reached down to the fork spring top, or a threaded rod etc.
With these, I have two Al rods maybe 30mm diam, threaded both ends. At one end is a threaded SS rod, 45mm long, that fits into the fork cap. At the other is a threaded hole that takes the spring top thread, to go down to the locknut, where the cap used to go.
Is something missing? If I install one of these, the cap sits 50mm above the top of the fork, fully extended. In order to install it, I would have to _force_ the cap down, compressing ghe spring...all I would get was harder springs.
Feels like I need a couple of tubes, threaded to take the cap at one end (or having their own cap) and to thread into the fork where the cap used to go.
I questioned the guy who is selling them and he checked the web, citing
https://www.vtx-treme.com/forkex.htm. Where they are USD$33.00. (sewcond from the top?). They seem a bit different in that they have no threaded rod but just an Al stud.
Anyone tell me how these work, please?