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Re: [T3] Leaking Shock?


If you have the standard shocks then they are probably
oil filled. If this is the case (i'm 92% sure) then
your shock just went toast. You will need a new one.
What happens is that when a rock or some sort of road
debris gets kicked up by the wheel and gets stuck
inside the shaft covers on the shock. The foreign
object then wears the rubber seal and then when under
pressure the seal breaks and out comes gushing guuii
stuff. When you get your shoch out collapse and expand
the shock. If you get resistance expanding/collapsing 
the shock that is good. If the shock collapses with
little or no pressure then that is your problem. I had
this same thing happen to my fasty. I literally had no
shock pressure in any of the four shocks. They all
collapsed with just the weight of the upper mount.
Scary huh? 

Laterz


erick the daddy



--- Matt Small <msmall@ocvv.org> wrote:
> It seems as if my drivers side rear shock is
> leaking, does this sound right?
> It looks like a combination of oil or grease and
> some clear liquid.  There
> was a lot of it for a while, but it seems to have
> stopped or slowed.  Anyone
> ever seen this or know the cause?
> -Matt Small
> 
>
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