Any cure to the problem? Anyone tried and succed to fix it using so metal epoxy?
[url= http://www.sram.com/rockshox ]The cure[/url] 😉
Question is, is the wear actually causing you problems? It can't be fixed- or rather it can, with recoating etc but it makes no sense because it's massively expensive. So the only options are replace the CSU or carry on regardless. Quite a lot of people happilly riding around on horrible looking forks.
As Northwind says really. Unless they are somehow creating a leak or loads of stiction (both unlikely) just ride till it dies.
Got a horrible feeling I'm going to see something nasty on my own fork during the next service! Annoying considering the abuse my Boxxer has had without similar issues
Not a cure I'm afraid, but prevention is fairly easy in my experience.
I bought a pair of 2nd hand fox forks that were starting to show evidence of stanchion wear (you could easily see on the legs where the gaps in the bushings are) on the spring leg.
I serviced them and used 5w fully synthetic engine oil (rather than damper oil as Fox suggest, which is a rubbish idea in my opinion, since it isn't designed to lubricate sliding metal parts, unlike engine oil) in the spring side oil bath (and replaced the seals with ones that have oil soaked foam rings under them).
I've been riding them for 2 years since with absolutely no further wear.
I did the same to a new pair I got too, at their first service and they have done nearly 3 years without any visible wear.
the other option is to sell them on before it happens.
I just sold a 2year old pair of 32s for £10 more than they cost me new thanks to ebay (£310)
Happy days (even more so as i replaced them with Merlins Revs which were £270!
If they dont leak oil so much that you need to top them up every ride its not really a problem.
Continue to ride them, but service the lowers properly.
Basically if the oil dosent come out before you do a lower service there is not a problem, apart from it looking horrible.
well thing is I can feel where the bushing have worned out the stanchions
Are they holding air Juan...?
I find it hard to believe that fork oil is not designed to lubricate forks. Were that the case there would not be hundreds of old motorcycle trials bikes still running round after several decades with no signs of such wear.
Not a cure I'm afraid, but prevention is fairly easy in my experience.
Like buy Rockshox in the first place and go on holiday with the money you'll save! 🙂
Proper Fork oil has a anti froth additive as well as a lubricant,I can't understand Fox wear on the CSUs though I have stuck to a regular clean and top up service and still suffered wear on my 2007 talas 36s..
I have recently gone to Marzochi forks and the CSUs seem much more durable.. 😉