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Leaking Rockshox

  • 28-06-2011 7:50pm
    #1
    kenmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,278 ✭✭✭


    Anyone got any insight on this?
    Noticed a small puddle on the floor under my MTB (hangs on the wall, front wheel up). Smelt like oil, so I checked out the bike and there's oil on the top of the right hand side suspension post, where the poploc connects. Took it down and when I lean on the suspension it sounds "squelchy" and the lockout doesn't seem to do much at all.
    I have RockShox Tora RS 318, air and oil, got them on the bike around Feb 09, but not a huge amount of mileage during that time, been up treerock and ballinastoe maybe 20 times all together, but used during the snow to commute with ice tires.
    Any idea what I need to do to rectify this problem? Or is it a job for the bike shop?
    Thanks
    K


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  • #2
    kona
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,525 ✭✭✭kona


    kenmc wrote: »
    Anyone got any insight on this?
    Noticed a small puddle on the floor under my MTB (hangs on the wall, front wheel up). Smelt like oil, so I checked out the bike and there's oil on the top of the right hand side suspension post, where the poploc connects. Took it down and when I lean on the suspension it sounds "squelchy" and the lockout doesn't seem to do much at all.
    I have RockShox Tora RS 318, air and oil, got them on the bike around Feb 09, but not a huge amount of mileage during that time, been up treerock and ballinastoe maybe 20 times all together, but used during the snow to commute with ice tires.
    Any idea what I need to do to rectify this problem? Or is it a job for the bike shop?
    Thanks
    K

    I may be wrong but aint the 318s coil sprung?


  • #3
    kenmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,278 ✭✭✭kenmc


    kona wrote: »
    I may be wrong but aint the 318s coil sprung?
    Well there's a valve to put air in on the top of the left fork, and now there's oil coming out the top of the right fork, so I guess not!


  • #4
    kona
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,525 ✭✭✭kona


    kenmc wrote: »
    Well there's a valve to put air in on the top of the left fork, and now there's oil coming out the top of the right fork, so I guess not!

    Could have sworn they were coil sprung. Anyways, do you have air in them? sometimes the oil can leak out the valve. I had a similar issue with a set of Drop offs a while back, the valve had a cap but when you took the cap off there was oil everywhere.

    You can get them serviced by TF or even OC tuning.


  • #5
    CheGuedara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,031 ✭✭✭CheGuedara


    Yes but oil damped(?) - Never had the oil leak out of my Reba race forks but have had re same squishy-no lockout think happen - I think it's due to oil getting above the damper system while the bike is hung up. My fix - open the lock out lever, turn back (open) the damper dial all the way and leave the bike standing O/N or for a few hours, usually is right when I go back to it and setup the fork again


  • #6
    kenmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,278 ✭✭✭kenmc


    CheGuedara wrote: »
    Yes but oil damped(?) - Never had the oil leak out of my Reba race forks but have had re same squishy-no lockout think happen - I think it's due to oil getting above the damper system while the bike is hung up. My fix - open the lock out lever, turn back (open) the damper dial all the way and leave the bike standing O/N or for a few hours, usually is right when I go back to it and setup the fork again

    Thanks will try that. Do I need to replace the lost oil? and if so with what?
    K


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  • #7
    CheGuedara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,031 ✭✭✭CheGuedara


    kenmc wrote: »
    CheGuedara wrote: »
    Yes but oil damped(?) - Never had the oil leak out of my Reba race forks but have had re same squishy-no lockout think happen - I think it's due to oil getting above the damper system while the bike is hung up. My fix - open the lock out lever, turn back (open) the damper dial all the way and leave the bike standing O/N or for a few hours, usually is right when I go back to it and setup the fork again

    Thanks will try that. Do I need to replace the lost oil? and if so with what?
    K

    Afraid I wouldn't be able to guess but my feeling is if there's not enough oil to operate the damping assembly/lockout after giving it a chance to get back into the bottom of the fork you'd be looking at sending it off for a bit of a top up & TLC (I would be anyway - just dont know enough to consider servicing my own forks just yet).


  • #8
    Rew
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 8,679 Mod ✭✭✭✭Rew


    CheGuedara wrote: »
    Yes but oil damped(?) - Never had the oil leak out of my Reba race forks but have had re same squishy-no lockout think happen - I think it's due to oil getting above the damper system while the bike is hung up. My fix - open the lock out lever, turn back (open) the damper dial all the way and leave the bike standing O/N or for a few hours, usually is right when I go back to it and setup the fork again

    Similar to what I saw today. I left my bike upside down last night and the lockout wasn't working this morning, back to norma after an hour or so, Fox fork.


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