Mountain Bike Forks Oil
The oil pools in the lower part of the fork legs and from here it helps to lubricate the bushes and seals within the fork allowing it to move smoothly and without friction.
Mountain bike forks oil. Free shipping within australia 1 700. Oil for bicycle forks is often repackaged motorcycle fork oil. Ibc shocks are too new to tell service manuals. The best downhill mountain bike forks.
It s only the oil variety and the volume that changes. The forks always had a light film of oil on the stanchions since i got it and after looking it up online i found that this was normal but today i just noticed there seems to be a lot more oil on them. Furthermore this new damper system allows the fork to stay higher in the travel. Us stock 26er fat 4 0 tires bike air suspension fork straight tube manual crown lockout mountain bikes forks 28 6 threadless 9mm qr travel 120mm hub spacing 135mm fit snow beach xc mtb bicycle.
You re supposed to put 20cc in the top of the left hand leg so it coats the spring itself and leaves enough left to lube the bushings which means taking the spring stack out by undoing the top cap. Anything from a refresher of suspension oil to a new dust and wiper seal can save your fork from some costly. Definitely get it at a motorcycle shop you can get a gallon for what you would pay for 500ml. Then flip the fork over with attached bike if present and pour 10cc of 5wt fork oil into the right hand leg.
The latest version the boxxer ultimate has received several tweaks including updated seals and oil and a charger 2 1 damper system claimed to make it run smoother than before. Suspension forks use a unique oil based lubrication system. Dont pinkbike my mtbr. Mountain racing products mrp lowers every 30 50hrs depending on conditions full service every 75 100hrs d o c.
Rockshox lyrik ultimate rc2 debonair boost 27 5 fork. öhlins forks and shocks. I just got this bike a trek roscoe 8 which is my first mtb about 2 weeks ago and probably have around 12 hours on it. But the principle is the same for all forks.
To keep the oil in and the dirt out suspension forks contain a number of seals. Buying mountain bike fork oil is one of the biggest rip offs next to selling dirt. This sits in the fork and lubricates the interface between stanchion tube and fork leg. Mountain bike suspension is something we all take for.
Lowers every 50hrs full service every 100hrs.