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How easy it to give your Fox forks a basic service? checking seals etc. I have Fox Factory 34s. Cannot afford the cost of a send off service, so have been looking at the DIY kits.
Found a service kit on a site called 'Brink', never heard of them, any one had experiences with them? or worth just purchasing off tftuned?
It's very easy to do if you've got at least a socket set and a rubber mallet.
The one bit of kit I bought is the Unior seal fitting tool. It's a pig to do without the proper tool.
I bought one of these as well because they look nice and I didn't want to grind down a big socket.
I'll let someone else advise on fluids and juices etc. I Just bought what I was told and can't really remember what it is.
ah ok, I have a socket set etc. and ribber mallet. no seal driver though, I'll have a look at one of those. Cheers.
It depends what sort of service you are planning on doing. A lowers and dust/wwiper seals service is dead easy. A damper service on mine (16 36 Factory) is a lot more involved and needs specialist tools so I got TF to do it and retune. Came back transformed.
All I needed for a lowers service was a set of decent sized sockets. I ground the appropriate sized one flat for the top cap, and used a larger one as a seal driver.
The information you need for your fox fork is all available on line. Can't comment on Brink as I've never used them. TF will sell you seals, foams & crush washers and you'll also need the fluid recommended for your lowers, suitable suspension grease & something like Fox Float Fluid to impregnate the foam rings. A basic lowers service takes about half an hour if you have everything to hand. I don't know if you're used to working on stuff like this but cleanliness is essential. Any dirt or grit that accidentally gets into the lowers is going to shorten the service life of the fork.
Easy job to do, follow the instructions and take your time.
Brink are the shop side of Plush Suspension & they know their stuff as Matt used to run all the Cytech courses including suspension courses. They did my Ohlins fork, I did the lowers & they did the damper unit service as damper requires specialist Ohlins tools to service.
no seal driver though, I’ll have a look at one of those. Cheers.
If you're careful, and just want to check/clean/grease the wiper seal, don't remove it, just pick the foam seal out from underneath.
One of those drill attachments for little screwdriver bits fits nicely over the rebound adjuster bit, which is very easy to damage.
Don't just use a normal socket for removing the top cap, use either a flat socket of the right size, a well sized spanner, or one of the open spanners like Epic bleed solutions sell.
It's very easy to strip the edges off the top caps, they're soft and low profile.
Personally, I'd get some Motul Expert 15wt oil for the lowers, some RSP Slick Kick grease for the seals, air damper assy and the wiper seals. I'd buy a couple plastic crush washers, as they're easily damaged.
The rest, is just some IPA, a couple of lint free cloths, and either a long screwdriver of a dowel to pop the lint free cloth into the lowers to clean out the dirt and old oil.
I am guessing once I have purchased everything including tools (no flat socket set) I am knocking on the door of the tftuned price... I have a weekend in Afan booked soon. I might send them off this time then look in to doing it myself next time. Cheers for all the advice! I'll book Mark the thread for when I try.
Oil... £15
Grease... £9
Tools... £15
£39? You're looking over £100 for a full service with p+p on top. And that oil, grease and tools will last you years of changes.
I wouldn't bother replacing the wiper seals to start with, usually just replacing the lowers oil and getting the foam rings nice and coated makes a world of difference.