zniper Posted April 4, 2016 Posted April 4, 2016 Hi I bought a Fox 32 Talas 120mm a while ago on the classifieds section and first thing i noticed after the first ride was this According to the seller it was serviced before i bought it.... any ideas to what can cause this ?The dust wipes still look fine and haven't perished.
rouxtjie Posted April 4, 2016 Posted April 4, 2016 Hi I bought a Fox 32 Talas 120mm a while ago on the classifieds section and first thing i noticed after the first ride was this20160403_100246_resized.jpg According to the seller it was serviced before i bought it.... any ideas to what can cause this ? The dust wipes still look fine and haven't perished.that is quite a bit of oil....could just be from too much oil in the recent service.
zniper Posted April 4, 2016 Author Posted April 4, 2016 any visible wear on the stanchions? Nope , it is 100s not even light wear visible.
dirtypot Posted April 4, 2016 Posted April 4, 2016 If it really was just serviced, then it's probably just too much float fluid used for the new seals. Give them a wipe down and go for another ride. If it carries on doing that, then they'll need to be opened up.
(Deon) Posted April 4, 2016 Posted April 4, 2016 Then it's either as Rouxtjie states or the "service" included only an oil change (if you're lucky) and not new seals. I'd go looking for new seals soonest.
(Deon) Posted April 4, 2016 Posted April 4, 2016 If it really was just serviced, then it's probably just too much float fluid used for the new seals. Give them a wipe down and go for another ride. If it carries on doing that, then they'll need to be opened up.ah yes.. float fluid.
zniper Posted April 4, 2016 Author Posted April 4, 2016 thanks for all the replies. will go for another ride and report back !
droo Posted April 4, 2016 Posted April 4, 2016 Those seals are at least 6 months old, sorry to say. My guess is that the service that was done was a lowers oil change, not a full rebuild.
JXV Posted April 4, 2016 Posted April 4, 2016 Re Float fluid on forks....maybe it is common practice to lube the seals with Float fluid on reassembly but the fork manual for that fork says to just use the same fork oil you use in the lowers. And I can vouch for the new Fox 20wt Gold oil - much reduced stiction on my Fox34 compared to the green stuff it came with. The oil seal has a double lip so if too much oil/lube is used on the seals it can squeeze out of that space on the first ride or two then settle down. If it keeps doing that after another shortish ride then do a new service with new seals, foam rings and fresh oil. If that much oil is coming out then the same amount of dirt is going back in and doing evil inside.
droo Posted April 6, 2016 Posted April 6, 2016 Re Float fluid on forks....maybe it is common practice to lube the seals with Float fluid on reassembly but the fork manual for that fork says to just use the same fork oil you use in the lowers. And I can vouch for the new Fox 20wt Gold oil - much reduced stiction on my Fox34 compared to the green stuff it came with. The oil seal has a double lip so if too much oil/lube is used on the seals it can squeeze out of that space on the first ride or two then settle down. If it keeps doing that after another shortish ride then do a new service with new seals, foam rings and fresh oil. If that much oil is coming out then the same amount of dirt is going back in and doing evil inside. You're correct re the 20wt Gold oil being used for everything now, but the amount of oil coming out of those seals is excessive. Those seals are also the old ones with a flange, which have been off the market for at least 6 months now, hence my comment earlier. There is almost no chance they were changed recently.
dirtypot Posted April 6, 2016 Posted April 6, 2016 Those seals are also the old ones with a flange, which have been off the market for at least 6 months now, hence my comment earlier. There is almost no chance they were changed recently. I hate the new seals. I miss the flange
droo Posted April 6, 2016 Posted April 6, 2016 I hate the new seals. I miss the flange The tool and a decent bike stand make life easy, but quite an investment for a weekend warrior. Especially since that cheap and cheerful stand would probably disintegrate with the first tap...
droo Posted April 6, 2016 Posted April 6, 2016 Any idea why they did away with the flange? I think they wanted to be like the Pike.
(Deon) Posted April 6, 2016 Posted April 6, 2016 My first question is how much more for the new, new revised seals.
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