If you bought a brand new Fox 40 and brought it home and put it in storage, how long would the damper fluid be "good" for before you need to change it? 1 year? 2? 3? 4? Less? I did some lazy googling and couldn't find what I was looking for so I figured I would ask you retards
Suspension oil life span
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I don't think the oil would degrade significantly even if stored for years.
When you're using the fork, moisture and dirt tend to get churned into the oil, but that wouldn't tend to happen in storage. I'm also going to guess that condensation of moisture would not be an issue.
When you're using the fork, moisture and dirt tend to get churned into the oil, but that wouldn't tend to happen in storage. I'm also going to guess that condensation of moisture would not be an issue.
Yeah, degradation if it's just sitting should be pretty minor. When you're actually using it, you get a combination of contamination from dirt/water ingress, and the hydrocarbons breaking down from shear and thermal cycling. None of that would occur much in a box.
If its made of crabon, don't leave it in direct sun unless you want to risk
Even unused, I'm pretty sure marzocchis could degrade oil in a week.
What am I thinking........3 days, max.
What am I thinking........3 days, max.
As the others have said, I think the squish juice should be fine - the only thing I could imagine being problematic is the seals if the fork was stored upright (i.e. they be dry) in an excessively hot/cold bong shed for a long time. Probably not an issue tho, and certainly a minor concern considering you're fool enough not to ride a RUX.
Are suggesting that Zoch's actually had oil in them rather than fetid fish kimchi? Pffft...
so that's what that shit is...........
Couldn't quite place the smell but that's it.
Couldn't quite place the smell but that's it.
I have been told if you ride a sealed damper hard it needs oil changed every 150-200 hours or so due to breakdown.
Sounds like you should be good until Mars is colonized.
Sounds like you should be good until Mars is colonized.
No, because it does not degrade significantly with time.
I mean, that looks about right for one that's spent those 15 years in a hermetically sealed clean room. You don't know that that's not the case here.
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VB's balls is more like it...
I save my best stuff for PinkBike.
I was thinking how to get that gag in there somehow, not bad.
Actually pulled 650cc of oil from those bastards.
one spring, two cups!
Looks bouncy.