Rock Shox Stanchion Damage

getoffthebrakes

Just after a little advice.

Have noticed some marks on the stanchions near the seals on my new 2011 Rock Shox Revelation forks (used only a handful of times). They look more like stains than wear to be honest. They are horizontal and not particularly even in nature. Also, they only seem to be on the rear of the stanchions. Anyone know whether this is a common condition and what might have caused it?

Will try to upload some pics when I get the chance. Thanks for any feedback


(Edit: Pics added further down)

supersonic

We need the pics lol.

cooldad

Bad metal aids worms. Common fault.

Northwind

My revs have a weird tide mark just about at the 150mm mark. Don't know what causes it but it's been there since I got them and hasn't caused any problems so I've just ignored it. My RP23 has something similiar for that matter.

joshtp

could be a rubber scuff from the seals if they were not lubed properly first time out...

getoffthebrakes

Cheers for the feedback. Here are a couple of pics:

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blablablacksheep

looks like the outer coatthat i believe they put on the sanchion is worn away thus exsposing the sanchion a bit.

doesnt look too bad though

Northwind

Nah, I don't think it is, when the anodising wears you see silver. That's not exactly the same as mine- mine's more regular- but very similiar and just seems to be some sort of stain.

joshtp

yeah.. would be silver... and Rock shox normally have really good coatings that last for years and years...

getoffthebrakes

Cheers for the responses. Does just look like some kind of staining so going to ignore it.