Fox shock rebuild

Discussion in 'Motorcycle Technical Discussion' started by Rob Kleinschmidt, Jun 29, 2009.

  1. During a few hours of really strenuous trail riding, the Fox shock on
    my R100GS spat out maybe a spoonful or so of heavy oil.

    Pretty obviously the shock's ready for a rebuild, but the question
    is how soon. Since I still have damping and it's not continuing
    to leak, I assume this probably was a single event when the
    suspension bottomed out.

    I hate to lay the bike up in the middle of good riding weather.
    Any thoughts on what happened or urgency of an immediate
    rebuild ?

    Also, any experience with Works shocks ? I may have a line
    on a good Works unit as a temporary or permanent replacement.

    TIA
     
    Rob Kleinschmidt, Jun 29, 2009
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  2. Rob Kleinschmidt

    ¿ Guest

    Compression pressure was too high and the foot valve couldn't deal
    with it.

    The urgency of repairs on anything mechanical depends upon your own
    state of mind...
    They work great. I have a set with the dual adjustable springs and the
    velocity sensitive balls that are an alternative to a shim stack.
     
    ¿, Jun 29, 2009
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  3. Rob Kleinschmidt

    Hank Guest

    perhaps they were overfilled to the point that at bottoming the fluid had
    no-where to go but out?
    I can't recall which brand, but the aftermarket shocks all failed (3 bikes)
    during a short stretch on Ewan and Charlie's Africa trip.I believe they had
    only brought along one stock one as a spare. ( A sharp contrast to the first
    trip, where they took the "eveything but the kitchen sink" approach) If it
    has stopped leaking , maybe all is OK?
     
    Hank, Jun 29, 2009
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