Fork maintenance

maclark

Apologies if this has appeared before, but I did do a search first without getting a specific hit!

Has anybody got any advice on maintaining my Rockshox Recon Race forks? I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be looking out for and at what intervals, never having owned a bike with front suspension before - the last bike I had was a 91 Alpinestars Al-Mega DX!!!!

I'm fairly competent with the spanners but just need pointing in the right direction!

Marjory Stewart BAxtor

rockshocks are fairly well behaved in themselves. just so long as you're not bottoming out all the time and keep the seals as crap free as you can they'll survive long times and just need factory servicing. The only thing I'd suggest you need to `keep an eye on` will be that the seals are still in good condition. I personally just get a tissue to the stanchions ever few days if I'm commuting orafter a ride, rub a j-cloth backwards and forwards where the stanchion meets the seal to encourage some of the grit away from the danger zone.

nicklouse

maclark
guess what it is all in the manual. what to do when etc... it is downloadable from srams webby. Link in the teck links sticky.

Wappygixer

I do what TF tuning recommended with my Revelations
After every wash spray some teflon lube on the stantions and pump the fork up and down a few times
Wipe off the excess lube and thats your lot really.
The teflon helps to stop the wiper seals (the grey seals you can see at the top of the fork legs) from hardening, these are not the air seals and are only in place to stop rubbish getting into the internals
Most chain lubes contain teflon
I send my forks away every year to TF for a service