Rock Shox Judy XC leak

[johnnywb]

All,

I hope some of the PH faithful might be able to offer some advice.

Bought my bike second hand a few years ago. Always serviced the drivetrain etc, but ignored the forks. Bike is generally only used for commuting.

Anyway, having been sat idle for a while, i noticed some drips of oil on the floor under the right hand fork leg. I used the bike the other day but note that the drips are back.

The forks must be about 6 years old (black fork legs) i would have thought.

Evans want £75 to service them, which seems excessive.

So three things;
1) anyone got any ideas what the issue might be?
2) How easy is it to service them myself (reasonable mechanical sense)
3) where will i get spare parts? CRC?

Thanks in advance.

[ezi]

Sounds like the seals could have gone, and since it's from the right hand side I assume it's coming from the rebound adjuster.

Send it to someone who knows what they are doing, forks are very hard to work on if you don't know how.

[johnnywb]

ezi said:

Sounds like the seals could have gone, and since it's from the right hand side I assume it's coming from the rebound adjuster.

Send it to someone who knows what they are doing, forks are very hard to work on if you don't know how.

Noted thanks, will make investigations.

[Flippin' Kipper]

Buy a second hand pair for £80 off Ebay or a new pair for £120 or so.

[Andy OH]

johnnywb said:

All,

I hope some of the PH faithful might be able to offer some advice.

Bought my bike second hand a few years ago. Always serviced the drivetrain etc, but ignored the forks. Bike is generally only used for commuting.

Anyway, having been sat idle for a while, i noticed some drips of oil on the floor under the right hand fork leg. I used the bike the other day but note that the drips are back.

The forks must be about 6 years old (black fork legs) i would have thought.

Evans want £75 to service them, which seems excessive.

So three things;
1) anyone got any ideas what the issue might be?
2) How easy is it to service them myself (reasonable mechanical sense)
3) where will i get spare parts? CRC?

Thanks in advance.

Sounds about right, £75 for a service. My wife's Rock Shox also developed a leak in the last month and I reckon the seal has gone. I too was a bit shocked at the cost but I'm going to have to get them fixed and put up with the cost.