Forum menu
Fork Oil
 

[Closed] Fork Oil

Posts: 3362
Full Member
Topic starter
 
[#5894877]

Looking for a cheaper place to get hold of 2.5 and 5wt fork oil. halfords seem to have stopped doing anything below 10wt and I can't justify 100ml for £6.

Only need half a litre of each really.

Thanks.


 
Posted : 27/01/2014 10:59 am
Posts: 66109
Full Member
 

Motorbike shops generally- you'll get a big bottle for the price of a teeny one. Though they won't always have the low viscosity ones. Mind you I ended up getting my last bottles from ebay as it worked out so cheap.


 
Posted : 27/01/2014 11:06 am
Posts: 3362
Full Member
Topic starter
 

ok, will scour the bay....


 
Posted : 27/01/2014 11:16 am
Posts: 21643
Full Member
 

Motorcycle shops that do a lot of crossers will generally have lower viscosity oils.


 
Posted : 27/01/2014 11:29 am
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

Last time I needed I ordered from Loco tuning, with a bunch of seal kits for my forks. Price was good for the oil and postage for all the parts and oil was very reasonable.

Don't know if he still sells the oil but it'd be worth an ask.


 
Posted : 27/01/2014 11:33 am
Posts: 4915
Full Member
 

I've used synthetic motorbike fork oil for a while now.

That said if your forks are still within warranty I would be mindful of carrying out any service as per the manufacturers recommendations just in case.


 
Posted : 27/01/2014 11:33 am
Posts: 40432
Free Member
 

I got this stuff...
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/rock-oil-svi-suspension-fluid/rp-prod8399


 
Posted : 27/01/2014 11:37 am
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

Snap, ordered the Rock oil as well. 5 and 15 both cheaper than anything else and do a great job. 2.5? ...whats that for?


 
Posted : 27/01/2014 12:01 pm
 ndg
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

Don't forget to check your cST, not just the weight, which is highly variable brand to brand. Peter Verdones site is great:

[url= http://www.peterverdone.com/wiki/index.php?title=Suspension_Fluid ]http://www.peterverdone.com/wiki/index.php?title=Suspension_Fluid[/url]


 
Posted : 27/01/2014 12:34 pm
Posts: 3362
Full Member
Topic starter
 

cheers,

It's for an old set of rebas, I ran out of 5wt (I blame cannondales dodgy seals in their 10 year old forks ;-)) but that lasted me a good 8 or 9 years!

ta all, I'll probably go for the crc ones.


 
Posted : 27/01/2014 2:33 pm