I just did that service few days ago and posted it in my native language. That white piston from rebound, exited the upper leg with an allen key, the other end of the Allen key. Those black retainers destroyed me … they exit hard and enter hard… good job sir ✅
That black rubber at 10:17 after the bumper is used to control how much travel your fork has. That's a 20mm offset spacer. Remove it and you'll have a 120mm fork. Add another one and you'll have an 80mm fork. You can also find 10mm spacers. Hope this comment helps someone :)
When I first learned that a Judy can be travelled to 120mm, I was intrigued. But this will probably change the bike geometry too much (not sure if I would really notice... my Judy Silver has voluntarily "traveled" to ~ 60mm, I can't say I notice that all that much 😂. The lockout also doesn't work anymore, which is why I am trying to fix this with a service. I hope it is just a bad o-ring that caused damper oil loss. Will see soon.
Great video! Worth mentioning that different years and even different configurations in the same year call for different amounts of oil in the lowers. Just re-did my service after realizing my error (not due to this video). The official service manual is easily searchable online and has a comprehensive chart.
I'm preparing to do an upper leg service (200hr service) on my FS Recon RL so this video is going to be extremely helpful. The only problem i'm having is finding the 200hr service kit. i have the part number but some kits seem to include the foam wipers and some don't. I'm inclined to get the one with the foam wipers because when i did my 50hr service I ended up stretching the foam wipers out when i cleaned them so they were kind of bunched up in the leg. Update: I found the right 200hr kit so now I just have to wait for it to arrive. Also I have to mention you really eased my apprehension about doing this 200hr service. You made it look really simple.
Awesome Video. When you screw / unscrew the damper / airspring you should put a kitchenpaper inbetween the nut to avoid scratches ❤ love your video, my mtb shop refuses to service my Webshop bike, so I decided to become a bike mechanic now😂❤
Successfully performed a full service on my Judy Silver Solo Air. Why not install the white piston and secure it with a retainer before adding oil and installing the shaft? That would be easier. I spent a lot of time trying to fix those retainers, and finally heating them in hot water did the trick. Take the advice of the author of this video: if you have retainers of this type, do not remove them until you really need to do it.
Recon is also a low end fork, don't expect much from it. I have a pre-2018 model and I only serviced it once ( because i wanted to increase the travel to 120mm). I've heaed that the new recon can have up to 140mm, that would be extremely nice for a "downcountry" ht.
I also wondered when he mentioned 5 WT at that step, I rechecked the Service manual and it is indeed 15 WT for the foam rings. That aside, great video!
Determine your RockShox fork, shock, or Reverb seatpost model year by looking at the item's serial number WWXYZZZZZZZ. WW = The Week of the year: 01-52 X = The factory code where the fork or shock was produced Y = The Year within the decade ZZZZZZZ = Sequential number (0000001-9999999) Example serial: 49T90000001 49XXXXXXXXX - Produced in the 49th week of the year. XXTXXXXXXXX - Produced in our Shenkang Taiwan Factory. XXX9XXXXXXX - Produced in the 9th year of that decade (2009, 2019, 2029, etc.) via page RockShox How do I determine the age of my RockShox product?
I just did that service few days ago and posted it in my native language.
That white piston from rebound, exited the upper leg with an allen key, the other end of the Allen key.
Those black retainers destroyed me … they exit hard and enter hard… good job sir ✅
My RS Recon is waiting,Service pack is ordered,thank u❤
That black rubber at 10:17 after the bumper is used to control how much travel your fork has. That's a 20mm offset spacer. Remove it and you'll have a 120mm fork. Add another one and you'll have an 80mm fork. You can also find 10mm spacers.
Hope this comment helps someone :)
When I first learned that a Judy can be travelled to 120mm, I was intrigued. But this will probably change the bike geometry too much (not sure if I would really notice... my Judy Silver has voluntarily "traveled" to ~ 60mm, I can't say I notice that all that much 😂. The lockout also doesn't work anymore, which is why I am trying to fix this with a service. I hope it is just a bad o-ring that caused damper oil loss. Will see soon.
Thank you so much. Just started to service this shock on my son’s bike and those retainer clips were making me mad. This helped!
Great breakdown and service with clear steps and good advice. 🎉 Perfect. Audio fine for me.
omg dude. I needed this! Thank you!
Great video! Worth mentioning that different years and even different configurations in the same year call for different amounts of oil in the lowers. Just re-did my service after realizing my error (not due to this video). The official service manual is easily searchable online and has a comprehensive chart.
The retainer goes on easy if you heat with hot air before putting. I spent nearly an hour wrestling it. Heated it. Popped on immediately 😊
you are awesome!!! came here for this. took all of 5 sec once I heated it up
ohhh thanks
Thank you so much!
I'm preparing to do an upper leg service (200hr service) on my FS Recon RL so this video is going to be extremely helpful. The only problem i'm having is finding the 200hr service kit. i have the part number but some kits seem to include the foam wipers and some don't. I'm inclined to get the one with the foam wipers because when i did my 50hr service I ended up stretching the foam wipers out when i cleaned them so they were kind of bunched up in the leg.
Update: I found the right 200hr kit so now I just have to wait for it to arrive. Also I have to mention you really eased my apprehension about doing this 200hr service. You made it look really simple.
Really great tutorial, thank you!
Thanks for your video. Great detail and easy to follow.
I may need this information in the future to fix my own Judy air fork from my XCaliber 8.
I used it for the Judy air fork on my shwinn
me too
Awesome Video. When you screw / unscrew the damper / airspring you should put a kitchenpaper inbetween the nut to avoid scratches ❤ love your video, my mtb shop refuses to service my Webshop bike, so I decided to become a bike mechanic now😂❤
Just found your channel, thanks for the uploads. G'day from Australia!
Successfully performed a full service on my Judy Silver Solo Air.
Why not install the white piston and secure it with a retainer before adding oil and installing the shaft? That would be easier. I spent a lot of time trying to fix those retainers, and finally heating them in hot water did the trick.
Take the advice of the author of this video: if you have retainers of this type, do not remove them until you really need to do it.
Thanks!
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for this video. It saved my Judy.
10:55 Hello, do you have some tips to place it, it won't let me
The Rockshox manual says you should use 15 wt oil to soak the foam dust seals
This is a really good guide!
Can you please list all the oils/weights used and link to the correct rebuild kit! Great video!
I love your content. This and a few other videos the volume is much lower than the others so maybe something to look at.
👌always great vids, havent serviced my recon for a year from new, the rebound doesnt turn much, 90 degrees or so👍🤔
Recon is also a low end fork, don't expect much from it. I have a pre-2018 model and I only serviced it once ( because i wanted to increase the travel to 120mm). I've heaed that the new recon can have up to 140mm, that would be extremely nice for a "downcountry" ht.
@@mihaichiriac480 👍i have the 140mm RL, would be nice if there was an upgrade for plastic re-bound key😉😎
Which grease is that since i was told it has to be sram butter tell me can we use any other grease please
The 10mm high sponges seem to be hard to get is it ok to double stack 5mm ones thanks
You can try. Worst case, you put back the old ones until you can find 10mm ones.
Hi , you use only oil 5wt ?
Wow amazingly done!
Great video !
Great video thank you!
Hi, good job, what did you use to clean the sponges? thanks
alcohol
5w oil
What is the oil that you put 6ml of at the end onto the bolt holes?
I think he put rockshox 15wt
Thanks you very very much!!!
Pięknie 😄
Well done! Thks!!! :)
super
Foam rings should be soaked in 15 WT
I also wondered when he mentioned 5 WT at that step, I rechecked the Service manual and it is indeed 15 WT for the foam rings.
That aside, great video!
A gdzie po polsku?
Audio level is very low.
Determine your RockShox fork, shock, or Reverb seatpost model year by looking at the item's serial number WWXYZZZZZZZ.
WW = The Week of the year: 01-52
X = The factory code where the fork or shock was produced
Y = The Year within the decade
ZZZZZZZ = Sequential number (0000001-9999999)
Example serial: 49T90000001
49XXXXXXXXX - Produced in the 49th week of the year.
XXTXXXXXXXX - Produced in our Shenkang Taiwan Factory.
XXX9XXXXXXX - Produced in the 9th year of that decade (2009, 2019, 2029, etc.)
via page RockShox How do I determine the age of my RockShox product?