Not an af, for me I have to remove the crank as I have a chainring guide on mine. You may not? Appears close in your picture. Releasing the air out of the shock gave me enough of an angle to torque the pinch bolt without removing the upper link for more articulation. I would regrease the pivots since you are there.
Ripley AF lower link o-ring replacement help
Hey everybody. I posted this in the Ripley AF thread but figured any answers to a question would get lost in there. Here’s my issue that I’m looking for some input on please.
I have a new Ripley AF, second ride out I was going to wash it and noticed the o-ring on the lower link of the drive side must have been knocked out of the groove on assembly and was squeezed out by the link.I tried to loosen the link and reseat the o-ring but it was distorted when the link was torqued. I reached out to ibis and they sent new o-rings.
Here’s my question: I’ve watched the bashing replacement video on the ibis site and it’s helpful but I’m trying to take the bike apart as little as possible. I’m hoping that I can just remove the lower shock bolt and move the shock out of the way and then take one end of the upper link apart to free up the rear triangle. Then hopefully remove the lower link enough to replace the o-rings. Am I correct that the lower link slides out from the non drive side? Looks like the drive side is a clamp and the non drive has a shaft. I shouldn’t need to remove the cranks hopefully?
Also I would definitely take the bike back to the dealer that I bought it from but they are 4hrs away and also the closest ibis dealer and the shop where I live I don’t know them enough to want them to do the work. I’ve bought a few things from them since I just moved here but they are a trek dealer and don’t seem to do much mtn bike business. Thanks for any input you may have here’s a pic for reference.
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I have a new Ripley AF, second ride out I was going to wash it and noticed the o-ring on the lower link of the drive side must have been knocked out of the groove on assembly and was squeezed out by the link.I tried to loosen the link and reseat the o-ring but it was distorted when the link was torqued. I reached out to ibis and they sent new o-rings.
Here’s my question: I’ve watched the bashing replacement video on the ibis site and it’s helpful but I’m trying to take the bike apart as little as possible. I’m hoping that I can just remove the lower shock bolt and move the shock out of the way and then take one end of the upper link apart to free up the rear triangle. Then hopefully remove the lower link enough to replace the o-rings. Am I correct that the lower link slides out from the non drive side? Looks like the drive side is a clamp and the non drive has a shaft. I shouldn’t need to remove the cranks hopefully?
Also I would definitely take the bike back to the dealer that I bought it from but they are 4hrs away and also the closest ibis dealer and the shop where I live I don’t know them enough to want them to do the work. I’ve bought a few things from them since I just moved here but they are a trek dealer and don’t seem to do much mtn bike business. Thanks for any input you may have here’s a pic for reference.
