I have a set of 5 year old Pike 454s. They’re dual air, non u-turn and have been serviced just 6 months ago.

I was riding yesterday in’t snow at Dalbeattie and there were strange things afoot- the fork wouild compress very easily, then bottom out horrendously, a real “clung” noise as it reached the bottom of the stroke. HOwever, it was bottoming out between 1-2″ above where it normally would, so it bottomed at about 3″ travel and then wouldn’t return properly.

My SIDs that my mate was borrowing, unserviced for 2 years, behaved perfectly.

What’ve I broken? Is it new forks time?

sounds like a seal has gone luke on the rebound circuit. Loco off here will sort you if you email him. If it is a seal its a home fix and piss to do. I could do it for you if you are around over xmas?

Sounds like a seal to me too.

Bet it’s dumped oil into the lower leg causing the early bottom out symptom.

I’ll be able to fix it myself I reckon, it’s not like Rock Shox are complicated inside. So long’s I’ve not snapped owt it’ll be a good excuse to buy some circlip pliers.

As they say. Dead easy fix

Definetely a seal,Sounds like the main piston seal

Ha HA like that

Who’s Loco ?

fork tuning dude off here

you got his email or contact info?

need my forks sorting.

seach? Profile?

http://www.locotuning.co.uk
info@locotuning.co.uk

He talks a lot of sense

cheers tj.

What forks you on Blower? If it’s RS just do ’em yourself, it’s really really easy.

Marzocchi 55’s want em converted to coil,shite forks indeed.

ive got some pikes 4 years old like yours still going strong. 🙂

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Marzocchi 55’s want em converted to coil,shite forks indeed.

Try Elliot Campbell @ the bike shop in Innerleithen(not Alpine, `tother one) He used to work for Marz

Ah, yeah, I had mine swapped to coil because they were rubbish. Again, a simple job but you’ll need the bits.

You’ve blown the dampers lower O-Ring causing hydrolock. Order oil, O-Ring kit and follow the rebuild instructions on the Sram site.