[kail]

Hello - I've got a RM Slayer 30, I think it's an 07, bought it last year and I think it was the previous year model. Anyway, it's the all white one with a white oem 55 up front.

Anyway, the 55 now only gets 4" of travel. I'm not sure when this began, because I had it setup kind of stiff for awhile and probably didn't bottom it that much. In any case, it's not a metal-to-metal bottom out, it's more like a hydraulic lock once I get to around 4".

A guy at a local shop said that the problem was common in the oem, no bells and whistles models of 55's and 66's. He called it "hydro-lock" and suggested that I just send it in.

I'm not a "just send it in" kind of guy - because most of the time, the solution to a problem is fairly simple as long as you're willing to get your hands dirty. If this is something I could fix with a simple rebuild, I'd be interested in getting the details if anyone is experienced with this problem. If I can get it working again I will probably end up selling it because I'm used to a quality-feeling fork and this is definitely not that...what happened Marzocchi?

I have done complete overhauls of many older Marzocchi forks including my 01 Monster T, many Z-1's, Super T's, etc - so it's not my first rodeo here folks...

Thanks for any input!

 

[zebrahum]

To the best of my knowledge you can get the seal kits that are needed, but if you send it in then it's a warranty issue. Granted it will take a long time, but at least it will return in warranty as well.

Marz had a big quality issue with their forks those years, you may be able to get them to send you a cartridge, swap it, and send the old one back. Probably worth contacting them.

 

[kail]

Cool, do you know if I could upgrade the cartridge to something better? I have an '06 66RC2X, and I am very happy with its performance on my Bullit. If I could get the same feel out of my 55 I'd be very happy with it as well - it would probably be worth the money.