Bicycle Maintenance
Once again it all went well. We took off the brake caliper and hose guide, unscrewed the nuts at the base of the fork lowers, removed the crush washers and then put the nuts back on so that we could hit them with a hammer to release the lowers. This bit was a little worrying but we soon had them free and removed the lowers from the forks.
We then clean the seals, removed the wiper seals and cleaned them then soaked them in Fox Float Fluid before replacing them and putting the lowers back on. At this stage we put some suspension fluid into the forks via the holes at the base of the lowers and then put them back together again.
We weren’t quite sure about the oil volumes for my forks as the Fox video showed them putting 10ml of suspension fluid into the Talas side and nothing in the right hand side of the forks (other than the float fluid soaked into the wiper seal). The Mojo instructions which were trying to cover a range of forks said to put 5ml in each side but in Talas forks ONLY put 10ml in the Talas side. We couldn’t decide if this meant put 5ml in each side, but on Talas forks (adn no other forks) put 10ml in the Talas side rather than just 5ml. Or if it meant in Talas forks only put 10ml in the Talas side and nothing in the other side.
In the end I went for 10ml in the Talas side and nothing in the other side and so far everything feels fine. I just hope it was right. Does anyone know if this was right?
The guts of my Forks
Cleaned and Lubed
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Tags: Fox Forx, Oil Volumes, TALAS, Wiper seals
July 5th, 2009 at 11:26 am
After various (often conflicting) instructions from both Fox and Mojo I decided to put 5ml of suspension fluid in the non-TALAS side as well.
It doesn’t feel any different with it in there so I’m sure it isn’t doing any harm and an extra bit of lubrication is always a good thing!
December 9th, 2009 at 10:54 am
Have you tried changing the oil completely in the Talas side? As recommended after 50 hours of riding?
Apparantly it’s a simple case of draining all the oil out and putting the correct amount back in.
December 9th, 2009 at 11:08 am
Hi Paul,
Not yet I haven’t… Whenever I’ve done the wiper seal maintenance the oil in the TALAS side looks OK. Some drips out which is then replenished later but I haven’t seen a need to replace all of it.
I did do a wiper seal maintenance again the other day though, this time putting 5ml of fluid into the non-TALAS side and topped the TALAS side up with 10ml.
Al.
December 9th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
I spoke to MOJO this morning after having to have my stanchions replaced due to the annoying wear that seems to be the norm on Fox forks and they said it’s a good idea to replace the oil on the Talas side when you clean the seals to prevent the wear.
Whether this is true or not I don’t know. Looks easy to do however just thought I’d see if someone else had tried.