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My Reba forks need some TLC as they're losing some oil out the top of the right leg. I'd like to try it myself to save some money. Not sure what model or what year as I got them off my brother about two years back when he was finished with them.
Stanchions are marked but I just want to keep them going through winter as they work well enough with around 80mm travel.
So what do I need to do? Is there a manual, or good video that I can pick up the process from? What type of oil do I need to put in them?
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Just whip them apart.
They are dead simple really, so no manual needed.
The only thing you might need to know about is that to release the lowers from the pushrods at the bottom (after you've undone the nuts) will require a knock with a soft hammer (they are a tight fit).
p.s. don't forget to let all the air out of both chambers before taking the spring side apart 🙂
As for oil - proper damping oil for damping (I think they use 5 or 10wt). For 'bath' oil in the lowers I like fully synth motor oil.
Manuals are available by download from the RockShox/Sram website.
Rock Shox are a piece of piddle to work on, plus unlike some other brands you don't need any special tools (and by that, I mean, unique to the brand).
Thinks like circlip pliers and o-ring picks are about as specilist as it gets.
They look like 2008 Reba's (or thereabouts).
I've got the u-turn versions and they leak from the same place. Apparently one of the o-rings is a bit small and so this is inevitable. I think that you can get slightly bigger o-rings to sort the problem; might be worth e-mailing Loco tuning.
If you look on the Rockshox website you can download the tech manual for the forks which has the service guide in it.
You might get away with just dropping the lowers, giving them a clean up and sticking fresh oil in. The service guide also has the oil weight and quantity in it.
EDIT - oh and following on from the post above; I always end up bending circlips and having to use new ones.
Rock Shox have a youtube channel.
Shows you step by step how to strip and service the forks.
They really are easy to work on.
The hardest step is normally getting the forks off the bike.
ideally you want a long series 10mm socket. and a bolt to screw into the bottom so its easier to tap the rod out, but you can get away without either.
look at the videos on youtube, they are quite good. you will need a big socket to undo the top cap, and i machined off the chamfer on mine so i had more socket to flat engagement, but again you can probably get away with it.
tftuned sell service kits the with correct oil - you can buy motorcycle fork oil in the correct grade from a local mc shop, but you need to buy the seals from tft or the ebay