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From the rebound adjuster. I've removed the adjuster, can see a weep from the joint between fork leg and adjuster.
Only serviced three weeks ago, but the place who did it is closed...
Suggestions?
New crush washer ?
Put in a new crush washer if you have one, top up the oil every so often. Crack on until the shop re-opens
Can’t remember if there’s an o-ring on the foot nut, but check that too
Suggestions?
Its Lyrik
Have you tried to tighten up the the nut?
I nipped it up about half a turn. We've left it upright overnight with a catch tray to see...
It was fair gushing, leaving splashes down the trail.
I used to have a Lyric, which I serviced and modded myself.
A couple of days after the first time I opened it (to change travel if I recall correctly) I started to notice some oil dripping from the rebound knob. Weird, it got new washers and everything was properly assembled and torque to the best of my knowledge.
So I reopened the fork and repeated everything. A day after, the same, oil coming out from the red knob. At this point I got worried I had deformed or scored something causing the leak.
Opened up everything again to have a look, and found the cause. The lower end of the damper assembly, where the rebound knob attaches, is a hollow open end. What happened was that I was filling the lowers upside down, with the damper shaft retracted inside the lower. Some of the oil was not running into the lower, but rather collecting in the hollow where the rebound knob attaches. Once everything was closed and the fork right side up, that oil started to come out
It’s the seal on the bottom of the damper head, my pikes did this when I was in Tignes (worst timing ever). They were replaced under warranty.
Check and see if it it gets worse when you lock the fork out.
Probably crush(ed) washers.
I did not swap them at last service on both my bikes, and whist Ok on the 1st gentle ride as soon as I rode hard I lost all the oil from the damper side. Fitted new washers and they are fine.
Also as above if you refill the oil with the forks upside down try to avoid filling the ends of the damper/airspring rods, it gets messy when you tighten the bolts down...
If you are stuck for crush washers I can post you a couple (PM me your address).
Transpires the shop that serviced them is on here, they've been in contact to get things sorted.
Great stuff.