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  • Should I get rid of my Fox 36 Van R’s and get something else?
  • hugorune
    Full Member

    Given all the chat about servicing and reliability of fox forks and the fact that I really can’t be arsed to strip them down once a month to re-lube and clean the stanchions and seals, should I sell them and buy some second hand Lyriks/66s or just MTFU and service the foxs? Discuss.

    neil853
    Free Member

    Lyrics are exactly the same, i know i’ve had the same problems

    DustyLilac
    Free Member

    No, for my twopenceworth 36s are very reliable. I have some 07 Float Rs, fitted in Jan 08, never serviced (probably due one soon, though no apparent issues). I store them upsidedown, wipe the stanchions clean after every ride and periodically wipe the stanchions over with a bit of paper soaked in light fork oil. Oh, and I use them pretty hard all day, both days, every weekend. Oh, and I live in the South with our soft mud, but they have been on holiday to places with rocks and grit a couple of times.

    A couple of riding buddies use them too, one got 5 years out of a set and they’re still going strong, but now replaced with another set of 36s.

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    enfht
    Free Member

    Buy some rigid forks if you can’t be arsed to service suspension forks, all brands of suspension forks need servicing 😯

    cynic-al
    Free Member

    DL – at 5 hours a day that’s around 700 hours riding. You sure about the figures?

    DustyLilac
    Free Member

    There’s a lot of tea drinking too! I’m probably only really riding for about 2 hours on average a weekend on short (max 2-3 minutes) downhills and jump runs, as there’s probably 5 times as much time spent pushing back up as riding. The maths will now give you around 150 hours.

    Nickquinn293
    Free Member

    The vanillas are actually pretty easy to service – I did mine recently and I’m usually rubbish at this kind of thing! Just have a go – the fox manual plus the links on mojo site to video clips got me through it no bother.

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