Should I worry about...?
XTC2009
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I took part in the Builth Wells round of the CRC Marathon series at the weekend, and in preparing my bike at the last minute I somehow managed to misread my Reba forks air settings off of the label and decided that I needed 170PSI in them! I don't know what I was thinking, but I soon found out when I hit the rough stuff and it felt like I was riding a fully rigid! There was a knocking sound coming from them every time I took a big hit, and I hadn't taken the shock pump with me, but I nursed the bike home and got the pressure back down to where it should be at 120PSI as soon as I could.
When I let the pressure off from the bottom valve some oil came out with the air and through the shock pump. Not a lot, but enough to make we wince. :shock: These are fairly new forks to me so I don't have a lot of experience in this sort of thing. Could I have blown a seal? Or is the oil coming out normal? One of my friends told me that there is a tiny bit of oil in the air chamber to keep things lubricated and that I shouldn't worry. The forks do seem to be working as normal now.
When I let the pressure off from the bottom valve some oil came out with the air and through the shock pump. Not a lot, but enough to make we wince. :shock: These are fairly new forks to me so I don't have a lot of experience in this sort of thing. Could I have blown a seal? Or is the oil coming out normal? One of my friends told me that there is a tiny bit of oil in the air chamber to keep things lubricated and that I shouldn't worry. The forks do seem to be working as normal now.
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