Oh yeah… I was servicing them regularly, up until a ride after Xmas, when – unknowingly – a load of thick clayey mud and stones got stuck between the fork bridge and stanchion for all of about – oh – 1km and rather efficiently scratched the stanchion to pieces.
Pretty soon after that, the performance of the forks dropped right off, (can’t think why?) so I’ve been ‘experimenting’ with different arrangements in order to eeek a bit more life out of the forks, knowing that whatever I do won’t matter much now that they’re knackered anyway.
So far I found that lubing the seals like crazy with 15wt fork oil before a ride and running much lower pressures +ve and -ve seems to make them quite rideable! …for a bit, anyway.
Anyway, why am I making excuses, christ – I’m being drawn into this stupid STW you-say-this-I-say-that facile nonsense.
I only asked out of interest really, cos it’s fun figuring out how stuff works and playing with things. 🙄
(Hey look, I’m doing the rolly-eye thing too now!) Whoop! Two can play, etc..