Rebas leaking oil

Stormtrooper
Stormtrooper Posts: 420
edited May 2010 in MTB workshop & tech
I have Reba Race forks which are just over a year old, when i unscrew the shock pump after putting some air in them they are spitting out oil on both positive and negative valves anyone else have this problem or is it time a for a rebuild.

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    sounds like you have added air with the valves pointing down and have oil in the pump and maybe some sitting on/in the valve.

    when adding air the valves should never be pointing down. remember inverting the fork can cause issues with the damping as covered in the manual.

    but after a year of use a service would not be a bad idea.
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  • Stormtrooper
    Stormtrooper Posts: 420
    The bike was upright when the air was added and the + was done first.
  • Dirtydog11
    Dirtydog11 Posts: 1,621
    Stormtrooper wrote:
    The bike was upright when the air was added and the + was done first.

    Oil can collect in the pump hose, give it a couple of sharp blasts to make sure its clear.
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