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My reverb has developed a couple of issues, and I’m wondering how best to deal with it.
It’s 3 years old and has had zero maintenance, but since yesterday it no longer stays up, fluid is leaking and the rubber boot on the lever is perished.
I’d rather get it working than buy new, but if it’s going to cost as much to service as it would to replace, I might as well replace it.
Just looking at service kits on eBay, i probably need £60+ worth of parts to do it myself assuming there is no other hidden damage.
How easy are they to service?
Any recommendations for places to service for me, or service kits?
DIY, send away or replace?
Where is it leaking from?
Looks like it’s coming through the main seal onto the shaft/piston.
I’m slightly put off taking it apart, as my LBS said they no longer service them as ‘they’re too fiddly’.
I got my really old external hose Reverb done by Reboundsus through eBay, after it got stuck down.
£39 and it's been mint ever since (if a little slow)
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F273774988327
They can be a pain in the arse, as they tend to get a battering and covered in crap, so tend to wear faster that forks & shocks.
At 3 years old with no maintainace i’m Guessing ( have serviced hundreds of these) that it will be worn but a service may sort it. Maybe worth sending away for a quote & then decide
Having just done the same myself, I was in two minds what to do as well. I ended up doing it myself. The main issue is sorting out the tools you need. I made my own IFP level tool, oil level tool and shaft clamp- all for about £2.50 and with stuff I already had lying around. Depending on how fussy you want to be with torque settings you will need crows feet as well, i think a 10mm and 22mm. I went down to my LBS and they had a Reverb parts container so I bought the bits I needed - O-rings, IFP etc --all for a fiver. I didn't get all the o-rings though as some will last almost forever. Doing the actual job took about 3.5 hours but I was going slow and cleaning everything perfectly and checking the manual a few times. As always the first time is the hardest but if you are mechanically minded you will be fine. Just watch the Videos online and have the manual handy as it contains better info than the video IMO. I was freaking out about removing the poppit due to reading about horror stories but it was a major anticlimax - just do it slowly with a towel over it and all you will get is a wee "puff". Rebverb is now working perfectly and solid as a rock - no more bounce!
The rebuild prices online are not bad TBH but if like me, you like to do your own repairs and are interested in pulling stuff apart and fixing things, then give it a crack yourself. At the end I thought....why did I wait so long to do that.
My rubber boot has also spilt but I still have yet to find a place to just buy the boot!