I just bought a used bike which came with the Fox RP3 rear shock. Sounded great until I started reading up on it [url= http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/fox-rp3-stuck-down ]here[/url] and [url= http://www.mtbr.com/cat/suspension/rear-shock/fox-racing-shox/float-rp3/PRD_365376_138crx.aspx ]here[/url].
It is not stuck (yet) so are there any suggestions on how to avoid it becoming so?
Regardless of how easy it may be to fix I might as well not go looking for the problems.
Thanks in advance for any comments.
keep the seals well lubed. i bought a 2nd hand frame & shock(dhx air)and had the same concerns.
so i asked mojo, and apart from giving it a full service (which they would have obviously done!), keeping the seals clean and well lubed is a good precuation apparently. ive ridden in seriously cold weather with mine and never had any issues.
Newer seals have a different composition and should stop it happening - thats if it has had a recent seal change of course. A little bit of bouncing up and down on it in the carpark to warm things up a bit is supposed to help 😉
The seal change is really easy and DIY it will only set you back £10.
Thanks sv, that's reassuring. It was serviced 6 months ago so I guess the seals would be of the newer type.
Yeah the problem of the dodgy batch of seals was a couple years ago, so virtually all of them should have been replaced by now. apart from maybe so old shock that have been sat in stock rooms since then.
Just doing an air sleeve service every so often will keep them tip top.
The main cause of this years stuck down will have been the really cold weather causing the main air seal to stiffen and allowing the air to travel from positive to negative air chambers causing a 'backward spring'.
Do not worry it quite rare and they're really good shocks 😀