Fox suspension service intervals
rapid_donkey
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I have a Giant Trance X3 with Fox suspension. I got the bike new in May 2012, and its been used a fair bit since.
I read that the suspension should have a service/oil change every 30 hours.
I can do it all myself, will get some oil and the low friction seal kit and got all the tools to do it. The hardest part looks to be getting the shock out of the Trance frame.
Anyway, do you all stick to the 30 hour service reccomendation? I cant feel any degradation in performance, and have easily exceeded 30 hours.
Im planning to leave it until winter when I wont be riding so much.
I read that the suspension should have a service/oil change every 30 hours.
I can do it all myself, will get some oil and the low friction seal kit and got all the tools to do it. The hardest part looks to be getting the shock out of the Trance frame.
Anyway, do you all stick to the 30 hour service reccomendation? I cant feel any degradation in performance, and have easily exceeded 30 hours.
Im planning to leave it until winter when I wont be riding so much.
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Fox service intervals are a joke.I don't do smileys.
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Hell NO!rapid_donkey wrote:Anyway, do you all stick to the 30 hour service reccomendation?
I ride it until it feels a bit wrong, then I send it to TFTuned for a proper job, which is once every two or three years.
I'll hapily strip down my Rockshox fork, but the Fox RC2 damper is like the insides of a swiss watch, so I let someone far less clumsy, and who has far more patience than I do it instead.0 -
How much do TFTuned charge for a service ?0
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My trance forks are well over 30 hours use and they're only starting to feel run in.
Prices on the tftuned website0 -
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My forks and shock have just had their first service - after a year and around 1500 miles. Not a full service either just new oil and a clean. There was nothing wrong with them - performance wise or the internals/seals etc.
I may send them off to Mojo/TFT next year but at £200+ for forks and shocks it'll be once in a blue moon event.0 -
Cheers for the replies.
I will leave them until winter then, and will just do a fluid/seal service on them myself.
Maybe winter 2014 (if I still have the bike) I will send the fork and shock off to be dismantled and properly serviced at Mojo or TF Tuned. It seems very expensive though.0 -
It is more expensive than last time I used them, but then, for a once every three years-ish service, it's not too bad.0
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Fox do need lots of TLC or this tends to happen.rapid_donkey wrote:Cheers for the replies.
I will leave them until winter then, and will just do a fluid/seal service on them myself.
Maybe winter 2014 (if I still have the bike) I will send the fork and shock off to be dismantled and properly serviced at Mojo or TF Tuned. It seems very expensive though.
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that is known as TLC.YeehaaMcgee wrote:I do occasionally put some lubricant on the stanchions and bounce the forks up and down a bit, mind."Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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With Nick here, if you do nothing else, making sure the foam seals are lubricated will make them last a lot longer, Fox are renowned for stanchion wear if you don't....Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.0
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After every ride I wipe the stanchions down with baby wipes. And then every 5 or so rides I put some Finish Line Dry lube on the stanchions, let it soak into the seals a bit and then pump them up and down.
The fork and shock seem perfectly fine at the minute, hence delaying the service. And if anything does go wrong, gives me an excuse to upgrade to a 140mm fork!0 -
Wipe mine down after every ride and apply a drop of fork juice, pump a few times and wipe off any excess or remaining dirt.0
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rapid_donkey wrote:Cheers for the replies.
I will leave them until winter then, and will just do a fluid/seal service on them myself.
Maybe winter 2014 (if I still have the bike) I will send the fork and shock off to be dismantled and properly serviced at Mojo or TF Tuned. It seems very expensive though.
I'd be interested to find out if you can push tune the trance specific fork.0 -
I don't see why not. Are the internals actually significantly different, or is it just an "angle-of-the-dangle" kind of thing?97th choice wrote:rapid_donkey wrote:Cheers for the replies.
I will leave them until winter then, and will just do a fluid/seal service on them myself.
Maybe winter 2014 (if I still have the bike) I will send the fork and shock off to be dismantled and properly serviced at Mojo or TF Tuned. It seems very expensive though.
I'd be interested to find out if you can push tune the trance specific fork.0 -
Dunno, but there are no travel spacers in it as it is made specifically as a 125mm fork, which makes me think that after market suppliers might not bother manufacturing special parts for it.
ETA: I've taken the radical step of actually emailing them to find out. Crazy!0 -
Just got back from Giant Twickenham, took my Anthem in to have the pivot bearings looked at/replaced.
Mechanic was pretty good, took the bike straight off me and downstairs for a quick check-over. Said that the bearings were worn, but had a bit of life left in them. However, he asked me when the shocks had last been serviced. I said that the forks were over three years old and shock just over a year and neither had ever been serviced... :oops:
That's when he told me the recommendations... Fek, they are ridiculous. Something like 45hrs for shock and 70hrs for the forks. If I had to pay for that I'd be riding a rigid. Apparently it's even shorter for Kashima coated gear (which I have on my Yeti
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Anyway, the reason for sharing this is that they charge £75 & £45 for full services of forks & shock respectively. I thought that wasn't bad (once every couple of years!
) so left it with him. XC: Giant Anthem X
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97th choice wrote:Dunno, but there are no travel spacers in it as it is made specifically as a 125mm fork, which makes me think that after market suppliers might not bother manufacturing special parts for it.
ETA: I've taken the radical step of actually emailing them to find out. Crazy!
will be more dependent on the damper internals as this is what Push tuning will address
they say not to bother with some high-end forks as they already have plenty of adjustment
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Push tuning not available.0
