Fork oil leak

[johanpre44]

I have recently built a new bike with a Suntour Epicon 29er fork. I have done a couple of rides on this bike (about 150km in total). On the last couple of rides I have noticed oil on the damper/right side stanchion. Its not a lot of oil but the dust seems wet (only partially, not all the way around). There is also a visible drop on the stanchion. The fork is still working brilliantly and I have not yet bottomed it out but the travel have probably work up to about 90% on several occasions.

 

Do any of you hubbers think this is a problem?

 

Note that the bike is stored upright, but I have had it upside down on some occasions when I worked on it, but this is a couple of hours max.

Edited August 3, 2014 by johanpre44

[Pappa Bear]

If it is on the stanctions it should not be a problem - might be the seals that is still bedding in?

 

See if you can find your forks service manual on the interweb, and see how often it needs to be serviced.

 

However - service your fork in the next 20h of riding!

[David Marshall]

If your fork was new with the build 150km is not a lot of riding. You might get some lube grease leaving a dust line from the new seal/wiper when the fork is new. Definitely should not be visible as oil or wetness.

[johanpre44]

Think I will have it checked out by my LBS, just hope nothing has gone wrong.