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I bought my 2012 Trek HiFi Deluxe about this time last year. I read a good bit about bike tech before buying, so was familiar with maintenance issues on some items, such as the Fox RP2 shock. Being the overprotective new dad for my new baby, I decided to try and protect against dust on the shock. I ride on some pretty dusty trails. Anyway, I sheathed the fully extended cylinder of the shock with a segment of old 1.5" dia. inner tube. I squirted a liberal amount of graphite into the inner tube segment before cinching it into place with a cable tie on each end.
Seems to have worked like a charm so far. Instead of getting bathed in a fine dust of ground rock during each ride, the cylinder is bathed in a fine dust of graphite instead. Can't say for sure if it's helping, and I'm still going to order some new seals for this coming season, but I wanted to share the idea, in case anyone is interested. It's very cheap/easy.
Attached are some pix for anyone who may be interested.
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Seems to have worked like a charm so far. Instead of getting bathed in a fine dust of ground rock during each ride, the cylinder is bathed in a fine dust of graphite instead. Can't say for sure if it's helping, and I'm still going to order some new seals for this coming season, but I wanted to share the idea, in case anyone is interested. It's very cheap/easy.
Attached are some pix for anyone who may be interested.
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Joined: Sun Mar 30, 2014 6:03 pm
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