Puncture hole in fork leg - advice?

moltryn
moltryn Posts: 37
edited July 2013 in MTB workshop & tech
I'm hoping for some advice.. I managed to 'puncture' a hole in the lower leg of my forks yesterday courtesy of a kind boulder!

These are Rockshox Recon 327 (2009).. are these now scrap? Has the structural integrity been jeopardised?? Are they even rideable now?? Any advice offered would be greatly appreciated.. thanks in advance!

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2012 GT Fury 2.0
2011 GT Avalanche 1.0
2009 GT XCR 5.0
2007 GT Aggressor 1.0
2009 GT Tour
2011 Fuji Roubaix 3.0

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  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    I wouldn't ride them like that.
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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    new lowers needed.
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  • moltryn
    moltryn Posts: 37
    Cooldad and Nicklouse.. thanks fellas.

    Where's best to seek out new lowers? Rockshox itself or somewhere else? I don't really wanna go the ebay route.
    2012 GT Fury 2.0
    2011 GT Avalanche 1.0
    2009 GT XCR 5.0
    2007 GT Aggressor 1.0
    2009 GT Tour
    2011 Fuji Roubaix 3.0
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    give TFtuned a call in the morning.

    you will find that you will have lost the lubrication oil in that leg.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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  • moltryn
    moltryn Posts: 37
    nicklouse wrote:
    give TFtuned a call in the morning.

    you will find that you will have lost the lubrication oil in that leg.

    Will do..

    Yeah.. I actually didn't even feel contact with the forks - I thought it was just a pedal strike initially but bent the outer chainring. Then I saw 'moisture' on the outside of the leg and saw the hole.. the oil was just seeping out!
    2012 GT Fury 2.0
    2011 GT Avalanche 1.0
    2009 GT XCR 5.0
    2007 GT Aggressor 1.0
    2009 GT Tour
    2011 Fuji Roubaix 3.0
  • mikeage
    mikeage Posts: 150
    Have PM'd you about a set of lowers I have if it helps!
  • moltryn
    moltryn Posts: 37
    mikeage wrote:
    Have PM'd you about a set of lowers I have if it helps!

    Mike.. thanks, PM'd you back.
    2012 GT Fury 2.0
    2011 GT Avalanche 1.0
    2009 GT XCR 5.0
    2007 GT Aggressor 1.0
    2009 GT Tour
    2011 Fuji Roubaix 3.0
  • heez29
    heez29 Posts: 612
    Bit of duct tape and it'll be reet.

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