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Originally Posted by Jambobwana
They told me that the service is no problem but the fork oil is a 3 hour job and it takes another 3 hours to check the valve clearances.
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That isn't just dealer caution; that's outright lying. I am an average backyard mechanic, and I can check and adjust the valves in half an hour including a  . Forks, no experience on the XT, but from doing the same on other bikes, 2 hours tops. He's making up reasons why he doesn't want to do the work, that's all.
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Originally Posted by Jambobwana
Is it normal for the front forks to bottom out when braking hard?
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XT forks are pretty soft, although I have never bottomed them out so far. You do get used to it, and I quite like it. If I brake on a bike with decent suspension and the bike doesn't go into full ocean-racing yacht mode, I wonder what's wrong.
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