manitou 4 rebuild manual?

[stew-b]

has anyone got a scan/link for stripping down manitou 4's? ive removed the elastomer stacks and there are bolts in the bottom of each leg but i dont want to take them out until i know what to expect.
cheers

 

[stew-b]

dont worry,done it now they are in really good condition too which is a bonus what hardness are red elastomers?

 

[slimjoe]

Medium i think

Medium dude, i think will stand to be corrected on here

 

[andy.l]

out of interest stew-b what happens when you undo the small screw under the drop outs,ive cleaned my pair down but didnt undo them as like you didnt know what it would do?

 

[stew-b]

you need to remove the circlips that are holding in the leg seals behind the brace then if you remove the lower bolts you can pull the whole lot apart.

 

[REKIBorter]

Red was medium and yellow was hard IIRC

 

[Pointer]

My first post!

I have just taken my M4s off my old frame, these forks are a work of art! I have the box and manual somewhere, I can scan it in if there's demand (it's quite long).
I bought them in 1995 from new, they came with some spare Yellow (hard), Blue (soft) and red (medium) elastomers. There is also a bottom out elastomer accessed after taking the circlip and the small screw from the bottom of the legs out.
I have searched and searched for new elastomers...anyone? Answer/Manitou were bang on it with the quality of these things, and home servicing too? what happened!

 

[andy.l]

Id be interested i having a copy of the destructions please,theres a chap called slim who appears on the forum every now and then who can get replacement elastomers,message him fella

 

[Pointer]

I will dig it out and pdf it or something...may take a few weeks to actually get around to doing it though!