Comments on: Mountain Bike Fork Servicing (Manitou)

By: BonkedAgain

BonkedAgain — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:54:02 +0000

Great article, Element. We all appreciate that you have taken the time to put that together.

Btw, Fox owners can find detailed service instructions (with step-by-step instructions, pictures, part numbers, the whole bit) at the Fox website: http://service.foxracingshox.com/consumers/index.htm

By: CyrusJax

CyrusJax — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:34:37 +0000

Very comprehensive guide thanks for this, the forks I use are in definiate need of a good service so this is going to come in handy!

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By: steve32300

steve32300 — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:19:14 +0000

Yeah,I have the Fox Talas 32 RLC,that would be cool to learn how to do the sevice on it,it’s just about due I think.It might be a little bit of a pain to learn it,but how nice would it be to just work on the thing myself.

By: GoldenGoose

GoldenGoose — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:22:35 +0000

NIIIIICE!!

By: element22

element22 — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:37:25 +0000

The Manitou series are actually very easy to service..In the up and coming month or so I will write another few articles on forks and one will be on the Fox TALAS 36…That will be a bit more work…In fact most forks that have height adjustments are usually a bit more difficult…

With this article however you can for go most of the rebuild and just change fluids..If that is all you want to do PM me and I could let you know how to do it.

With Fox forks to change up fluids its a matter of only discharging the fork (ALWAYS do that first) then remove the lower nuts and washers that hold the Lower fork legs.. Then change up the fluid…Manitou, Fox, Rockshox all sell just a wiper kit and then its a matter of fluids.

By: Suvacrew

Suvacrew — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:17:46 +0000

One of the better DIY sequences I’ve seen period. Nice Work.
Unfortunately I have neither the patience nor fortitude to crack open my Talas RLC and RP23 can to service it, thus I pop the $150 to have them serviced 2X a year.
Are some forks just easier to service than others??
I did my SID World Cup once…and swore I’d never touch those guts again either, maybe it was because when it was all put back together, I still had a part in my hand!! Yep that went to the tech too.