[TrumbullHucker]

So I was shredding muh gnurrr at Thunder on Saturday and all of a sudden my fork was a pogo-stick, hydro-locking at 30% travel.
So I took her apart yesterday and saw a small tear in the bladder of the Charger

Seems pretty straight forward, but I just wanted some guidance before buying the parts.
All I need is the Boxxer Bladder ($55) and a bleeding kit ($35)
I might as well replace the seals while I'm at it

Anyone find a PDF or something of disassembling the Charger Damper? Not sure how to remove and install the Bladder

I friggen hate bleeding shit :-/

 

[jonKranked]

it's a SRAM product, that's a feature

 

[StiHacka]

For a second, I thought this was a @mandown's weekend experience thread...

 

[kidwoo]

might be in here

https://sram-cdn-pull-zone-gsdesign.netdna-ssl.com/cdn/farfuture/W3E8Oy-euhj7qmXtP4Qukosh1jDPbGiWd5uLAkIqhgY/mtime:1493140302/sites/default/files/techdocs/gen.0000000004678_rev_d_2015-present_boxxer_team.pdf

 

[6thElement]

I rebuilt the charger on one of our households Pike forks, nothing too bad as long as you have good snap ring pliers.

Instructions linked by woo look similar to the Pike at a glance.

Check what you're getting in the service kits, see my Pike thread in the shop forum. The cheaper kit had more parts including the bladder, not sure if the Boxxer has similar kits. Then as you said you'll need a charger bleed kit too.

 

[Sandwich]

you should have bought a rux.

 

[jstuhlman]

you should have bought a rux.

 

[FarkinRyan]

$55 for the Charger bladder is robbery, you can buy a complete service kit for the Lyrik which includes a bladder, SKF seals for the lowers and a new SKF sealhead for the damper for the same price.

Did some further looking and the corresponding complete service kits for the Boxxer omit the bladder for some reason, what you're buying is likely the whole top half of the Charger which you don't really need.

 

[TrumbullHucker]

$55 for the Charger bladder is robbery, you can buy a complete service kit for the Lyrik which includes a bladder, SKF seals for the lowers and a new SKF sealhead for the damper for the same price.
what you're buying is likely the whole top half of the Charger which you don't really need.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LW8EPDC/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

thats what I got

with new seals and charger bladder bleed kit

 

[6thElement]

That sucks that the rebuild kit doesn't include the rubber sleeve if that's the only part that needs replacing. The full service kit including bladder for my Pike only cost $30.

 

[FarkinRyan]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LW8EPDC/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

thats what I got

with new seals and charger bladder bleed kit

That will fix your problem for sure, just sucks that there doesn't seem to be an easy way of getting your hands on just the rubber part of the bladder for a reasonable price. On the plus side the part you've bought makes it a super easy job to do.

 

[TrumbullHucker]

follow-up

That was fawkin easy... took 2 hours or so ( and i took my time cleaning everything and not rushing ) and shes cherry... tested and approved at killington this weekend