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2009 SID World Cup Problem ! Help !!!

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Red rum is assembly lube (as I mentioned a week ago above). It CANNOT be used as a damper fluid..it is NOT suspension fluid....it is used ONLY for bushing/seal lubrication. It is very thick as oil go...possible somewhere in the range of 90wt gear oil. Putting this kind of oil in any 'normal' damper will cause some serious issues and will most likely cost a fir bit of $$ in the end.

For bushing/seal lube, the exact viscosity in not important..thick enough to coat, thin enough to flow/splash around. Heavy suspension fluid, synthetic motor oil, assembly lube, gear oil, tenacious oil will all work (as will overpriced, repackaged 'bike' products).
 
Yes^^^


ALL 'bike' oils, are simply repackaged and overpriced industrial products.

For the thicker oil (anything but the actual damper fluid) I have had great luck (for almost 10 years) using higher viscosity synthetic motor(car) oil..something like mobil 1.

If you want somethng even thicker (like red-rum) look for 'assembly lube' at an auto parts store. It is a heavy oil designed to pre-lube auto engine parts durring assembly....and at one point sram/rs was using/selling torco assembly lube for this purpose.
 
What came with your fork is simple consumer protection verbage. All of the service manuals, exploded parts diagrams (with part numbers), blueprints, parts compatability, set-up guides, ho-to videos, etc are all on the sram site onder 'service'.

Download this: http://www.sram.com/_media/pdf/rockshox/dealers/TM_MY10.pdf It is for all of the their products, and broken down in more in terms of technologies rather than models (because all models use the same set of technologies)... ie: U-turn service, dual air service, motion control, etc.

Just pick the technologies that your particular fork has, and go through that particular part. All of the oil levels, types, and locations for all forks and shocks are also provided in table format.
 
When was the last time you performed any service on the fork? Did you check any lube levels when the fork was new to verify that it was shipped with the proper amounts??

The seals in the air spring (as well as the bushing lube/splash oil) need quite frequent lube change/check. Oil amounts are very small, and required for proper function.


Go grab the manuals at the rock shox site, and read up.
 
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