Wheezing RP2!

1mancity2
1mancity2 Posts: 2,355
edited March 2012 in MTB workshop & tech
So I have been battering my RP2 lately and I've noticed its making a wheeee-phewwww sound on big compressions, is this just a case of a seal service or does it point to something serious?
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  • DodgeT
    DodgeT Posts: 2,255
    It's shock language for " thank flip i'm back on the ground !!! " :)
  • 1mancity2
    1mancity2 Posts: 2,355
    DodgeT wrote:
    It's shock language for " thank flip i'm back on the ground !!! " :)

    Yeah maybe bud, but I don't want it to die on me just yet, got some big plans!!
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  • Skonk
    Skonk Posts: 364
    Shocks (both forks and rear shocks) will make a swooshing sound if you have some rebound dialled in; it's the sound of the oil being forced through narrow openings.

    Obviously not being able to hear yours I couldn't say for certain but it may be totally normal.
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  • bennett_346
    bennett_346 Posts: 5,029
    Mine started to do that right when it got stictiony, try giving it a seal service, its cheap as chips and easy to do.
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    Forks can also make that type ov noise when the damping is in one leg and the spring in the other is not in an enclosed leg. They breath.
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  • 1mancity2
    1mancity2 Posts: 2,355
    Cheers guys, pretty sure its the shock and I think/hope the seal service will do the trick.
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  • miss notax
    miss notax Posts: 2,572
    Mine does this occasionally - to be honest as it still works very well and hasn't done anything weird I have just been ignoring it :oops:
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  • 1mancity2
    1mancity2 Posts: 2,355
    miss notax wrote:
    Mine does this occasionally - to be honest as it still works very well and hasn't done anything weird I have just been ignoring it :oops:

    Pretty sure a seal service will sort mine, very easy todo and dosn't take long. Tbh its been taking some big hits recently!
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  • miss notax
    miss notax Posts: 2,572
    Hmm, yes, I thnk you're probably right! I've never had it serviced actually, and it's been put through quite a lot (weeks in Morzine etc!) :lol:
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  • 1mancity2
    1mancity2 Posts: 2,355
    miss notax wrote:
    Hmm, yes, I thnk you're probably right! I've never had it serviced actually, and it's been put through quite a lot (weeks in Morzine etc!) :lol:


    Buy the seals of mojo £20 and takes about an hour to do and thats including taking the shock off the bike, easy job.
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  • 1mancity2
    1mancity2 Posts: 2,355
    Seal service did the trick :)
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  • bennett_346
    bennett_346 Posts: 5,029
    1mancity2 wrote:
    Seal service did the trick :)
    glad to hear mate, they're such a breeze to service
  • 1mancity2
    1mancity2 Posts: 2,355
    bennett_346 wrote:
    1mancity2 wrote:
    Seal service did the trick :)
    glad to hear mate, they're such a breeze to service


    Yep took me 1/2hr, feels alot smoother, suppose it should really :roll:
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