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Picked up a reverb from crc for a super bargainacious price, received today and in excitement pressed the remote lever and .... Nothing

Post wouldn't move and neither would remote button.

Now I know I can ping this straight back to crc for exchange, but I'm hoping it's a real simple thing that I can quickly and simply sort and keep hold of my super bargain ( although admittedly its just an expensive fixed seatpost currently)

Post is a 30.9 420mm with 125mm drop, 2012 checked post pressure and it's 200psi

Suggestions?


 
Posted : 25/04/2012 5:33 pm
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Bleed is easy!


 
Posted : 25/04/2012 5:36 pm
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Well that's where I was headed but typically I bought the post without a bleed kit, so gotta source one of those now. Shouldn't really be required on a brand new out the packet post though, or have others suffered similar?


 
Posted : 25/04/2012 6:06 pm
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Did you sit on it ? 😉


 
Posted : 25/04/2012 6:10 pm
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Well, yes but here's the interesting bit, the frame it's for hasn't arrived yet so it was 'fitted' to a workshop bike stand and sat on, but it did have my weight on it. ( it is a kestrel bike stand)


 
Posted : 25/04/2012 6:38 pm
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Just needs a bleed by the sounds of it mate


 
Posted : 25/04/2012 6:45 pm
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Yes mate, I have two reverbs, one for each bike.

The second one I bought worked like a dream straight out of the box, and has hard a hard winters use, and still works like a dream, however !!!!!! The first one I bought was like yours, it was solid straight out of the box (I couldnt move it even 1mm), I bled it and it sorted it out, that one needs bleeding every few weeks to keep it plush.


 
Posted : 25/04/2012 7:06 pm
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cool cheers guys, good news bad news really.

Found a bleed kit with the 2.5wt oil for £15 so it's not too bad, fingers crossed it sorts it, have to say i'm a little dissapointed given the cost. Have pinged fishers an enquiry email and hoping they suggest sending it in to them.

Thanks for your help all


 
Posted : 25/04/2012 7:12 pm
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I'm on my second. First one, ridden once & moved up & down if you grabbed the seat. Lever no wormy. SRAM repaired it. Came back the same ! Now on warranty replacement & seems ok.


 
Posted : 25/04/2012 7:16 pm
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Where did you get the bleed kit at that price?


 
Posted : 25/04/2012 7:17 pm
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[url= http://www.epicbleedsolutions.com/products/bleed-kits/rockshox/reverb/complete-kit/ ]Bleed kit[/url]

found a link on someone elses thread whilst searching for info


 
Posted : 25/04/2012 7:37 pm
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cheers mate.


 
Posted : 25/04/2012 7:43 pm
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just an update, no reply from silverfish so far and it definately isn't a bleeding issue after doing it twice.

Will call silverfish and see what they suggest next week


 
Posted : 28/04/2012 6:20 pm
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Call us (Silverfish) if you like - we're always happy to chat, but to be honest you'll be better off calling Fishers as they're the RS distributor not us. 🙂


 
Posted : 01/05/2012 6:30 pm

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