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Vladimir
Dear friends, I am not sure if I'm writing to correct place, but hope you'll redirect this question to corresponding department.
During few years of bicycle fixing I had a deal with many rock shox suspension forks and I've noticed that many of them (even those brand new) have much less oil in lower leg than it is recommended by technical manual. Just today I had brand new Sid XX with no oil in right leg and less than 1ml in left leg.
My question is following: is that normal that brand new forks have no oil in lower legs?
Thank you in advance for your answer. Best regards, Vladimir.
Dear friends, I am not sure if I'm writing to correct place, but hope you'll redirect this question to corresponding department.
During few years of bicycle fixing I had a deal with many rock shox suspension forks and I've noticed that many of them (even those brand new) have much less oil in lower leg than it is recommended by technical manual. Just today I had brand new Sid XX with no oil in right leg and less than 1ml in left leg.
My question is following: is that normal that brand new forks have no oil in lower legs?
Thank you in advance for your answer. Best regards, Vladimir.
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RockShox
Hello Vladimir,
Thank you for your message. The newer generation RockShox forks have a much lower requirement for oil in the lower leg assembly vs older generations. The SID XX requires only 5cc of 15wt in each leg- this is just enough to coat the bushings, and wet the seals of the dust wiper assemblies. The stanchion tubes are much shorter than forks of yesteryear, bushings smaller, and seals improved- all things that allow us to run a minimal amount of fluid in the lowers. It's common to have a very minimal amount of oil pour out of lower assemblies at time of service.
Check out the 2014 RockShox oil chart here:
http://cdn.sram.com/cdn/farfuture/tHgiGl-i...hart_2014_0.pdf
Regards,
SRAM USA
www.sram.com
Service and Technical Documents:
www.sram.com/service
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Hello Vladimir,
Thank you for your message. The newer generation RockShox forks have a much lower requirement for oil in the lower leg assembly vs older generations. The SID XX requires only 5cc of 15wt in each leg- this is just enough to coat the bushings, and wet the seals of the dust wiper assemblies. The stanchion tubes are much shorter than forks of yesteryear, bushings smaller, and seals improved- all things that allow us to run a minimal amount of fluid in the lowers. It's common to have a very minimal amount of oil pour out of lower assemblies at time of service.
Check out the 2014 RockShox oil chart here:
http://cdn.sram.com/cdn/farfuture/tHgiGl-i...hart_2014_0.pdf
Regards,
SRAM USA
www.sram.com
Service and Technical Documents:
www.sram.com/service
The Power of Bicycling: Please contribute to World Bicycle Relief