fox float RP2 pissing out oil

[reteid]

Hi all fellow hubbers and hopefully fundis.I have,hopefully not had,a fox float RP2 that sort of died on me today.was riding fine and after coming from hillcrest through majik forrest saw that the shock was wet on top near the lever.there was suddenly a lot of pedal bob even in lockout mode and worse when open.is the shock kaput or fixable and if fixable who to take to and possible size of hole in wallet.

[reteid]

forgot to add.it still moves on the stanction but there is a puddle of oil/fluid where the bike was standing now in the garage.

how long does it normally take to fix something like that as i would not like to be divorced from my bike too long seeing that it is long weekend

[DJR]

Take it off the bike and let your lbs phone Omnico/Fox to collect it for a service. It sounds like the damping seal/s blew. It happened to me once and they fixed it in about 2/3 days. Sorry, I don't recall how much it cost, so it couldn't have beem too bad.

[reteid]

thanks djr.just bad timing with the long weekend and i guess places closed for the weekend but will go to lbs tomorrow and see.can i not take it to omnico themselves.i know where they are maybe save some time with less people involved?

[Johan Bornman]

Your shock is probably back from hospital by now. Oil leaking from one of those indicates that the O-rings that seal the rebound, compression and lockout lever from the oil inside the damper body, have failed. These are tiny mother of O-rings and difficult to replace. But it can be done. The damper will have to be opened, refilled, bled and compressed all over again and this could be a R900 job.

 

On some shocks this never happens, on others it happens after just a few months, usually because of installation error.

[reteid]

Your shock is probably back from hospital by now. Oil leaking from one of those indicates that the O-rings that seal the rebound, compression and lockout lever from the oil inside the damper body, have failed. These are tiny mother of O-rings and difficult to replace. But it can be done. The damper will have to be opened, refilled, bled and compressed all over again and this could be a R900 job.

 

On some shocks this never happens, on others it happens after just a few months, usually because of installation error.

shocks still not back but then again they did warn me that they are very busy after the epic .waiting in anticipation.asked for a quote before starting to work,have not heard anything so i guess they have not started as yet.will let hubbers know how it went.shock at omnico at the moment

[reteid]

shock werk sooooo lekker skoon vergeet van feedback vir wat dit werd is.omnico reggemaak en nie die bank gebreek nie.asof nuwe shock.het welvanpas die hele dag gister skrikgemaak.mtb ry is lekker.