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05-29-2017, 02:39 PM
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Suspension fork repair
I had another annoying creak in my bike. The last one was a broken seat and before that bottom bracket. It seemed to be in my fork. The wipers and seals seem to be breaking down so time to consult the interwebs. I found the manual for my fork and ordered the parts from Real World Cycling.
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05-29-2017, 02:40 PM
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05-29-2017, 02:47 PM
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05-29-2017, 03:17 PM
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Does "fork 10" show the broken old part next to the new one.
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05-29-2017, 04:12 PM
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Those are both old wipers, one from each side the one on the left was in worse shape as was the seal under it. It broke apart as I pulled it out. I realized after the fact that I hadn't taken a picture of the new part before assembly. On the reassembled bike pic you can see the new wipers are blue.
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05-29-2017, 04:29 PM
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I did kind of a terrible job documenting this... fork9 has the cap, pre-load adjuster, and spring which goes in from the top of the slider.
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05-29-2017, 05:35 PM
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What happened to fork 6?
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05-30-2017, 06:12 AM
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Fork6 has the seal and retainer clip.
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06-07-2017, 01:18 PM
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Oof.
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06-08-2017, 11:09 AM
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To shreds, you say?
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It seems the seals on shocks are the Achilles heel. oooh. Just thought of a million dollar idea.
Yeah, that seemed too easy. Never mind.
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06-09-2017, 06:53 AM
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You'd be surprised how unwilling kids are to attempt the repair. The $100 idea might be to rebuild forks during the winter. Not a big payday but milk and eggs in the fridge.
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06-12-2017, 06:17 AM
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Sometimes this is like chasing your tail.
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06-12-2017, 07:04 AM
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Did you walk home?
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06-12-2017, 09:14 AM
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To shreds, you say?
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Been there, done that.
My million dollar idea was boots for forks, or neoprene cloth 'gaiters' - I even thought of calling them 'shock socks' One google search later I see I was beaten to the punch...
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