I have a new pair of Revelation U-Turn forks. I’ve not fitted them yet ‘cos I have this niggling doubt about the amount of oil that gets left on the stanchions when I cycle the fork up and down. Someone on here said that was normal but really? Is it really that hard to make a fork that doesn’t piddle oil?

my 2009 dual airs dont even when i’ve serviced them and put twice the reccomended oil in .

I reckon you have a problem

I have dual air u-turn 150mm revs and mine left oil marks on the stanchions for about 5 rides.Is the oil running down them?
They put oil and grease on the seals when they assemble them,its probably this.Its better to have some oil there it reduces the stiction.
Post a picture of the oil marks.

So you didn’t stop worrying then 😉

Spock you’re talking about used forks…I’d agree if they were being used but ST hasn’t even fitted and used them yet.

From experience with RS forks, give it a few rides and this should stop occurring: if it doesn’t then come back and query it.

OK will post a piccie up in a few minutes…

nuke….lol, no I didn’t 😆

In want to be sure before I chop the steerer down. I got them mail order from someone advertising just the the right of this post. I could pop them into the shop but it is a 3 hour round trip that I want to avoid if possible.

et voila

There fine,Fit them and ride

I got them mail order from someone advertising just the the right of this post

pokertars.com do forks WOW.

pokertars.com do forks WOW.

😆

anyone else got an opinion on if this is OK (pic above)?

As said above, just the oil from the sponge and wiper seal with them being new, they do this when you do a wiper seal service if you put plenty on.

yes its okay, as other have said its lube from the top wiper seals.
I would however recommend doing a lowers oil bath “change”, as both my recently mail-order bought 2010 Revelations and some OE 2009 Rebas had no where near the recommended 15cc’s of oil in the lowers (despite leaving oil/grease marks like yours from the upper wipers), the left (air spring) leg was almost dry on the new Revs 😯 I only bothered to check after similar comments of “dry” forks on here, and putting oil in is only a 2 minute job if you have a syringe or similar. Looks like someone in SRAM QC took the year off 🙄

thanks for the tip

I let the air out of the -ve valve and a load of oil came out over my rotor! This can’t be normal?

Its normal for a little oil to come out of valves, well it does from my fox rp2 and zocchis

I let the air out of the -ve valve and a load of oil came out over my rotor! This can’t be normal?

Yeah it is, there’s a small amount of oil in both negative and positive chambers to keep the o-rings lubed and improve sealing. Best to invert the bike and hold a tissue or rag over the valve as you let the air out.

Oil comes out pretty much everywhere on my Revs, -ve air, top of the motion control, seals…