Budget Dropper Post Service - Merida Expert. Removal, Greasing, Installation.
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
- Guys, watch the whole episode, BEFORE you disassemble dropper post on your bike. It is a Merida Expert model, with internal cable routing, very similar to other, cheaper posts.
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Just got mine from grinding back to smooth. Unscrewed the seal part, cleaned the seal and Teflon bearing. Lubed both sides with silicone grease and TF2 Teflon lubricant. Now smooth as silk. Thanks robodude.
The seal that you were not sure about goes on the treads on the seat post itself. It appeared to come from the cap because the cap pulled it off. That's what happened to me anyway. Great vid it helped me a lot. Not my same brand of post but the same set up. Thanks.
This is correct. The o-ring goes at the bottom of the threads, where there's a groove for it.
Yep, correct.
4:40 - the seal is just below the coil, under your left hand. clearly visible at 5:00. and at 5:08 you took it off with your right hand. :)
the "white" grease is not bad or old, it's a lithium paste which is more durable.
anyway, good video. it helped me a lot to disassembly my merida dropper with much more confidence!
Thanks! Most informative👍 Followed your vid when I performed service on my syncros dropper using the service kit supplied by Scott.
Thank you so much my dropper is working so good
Thank you so much for video. It was very helpful for how to remove the seatpost out. My seatpost wasn't the same as video on my Trek rail7. But the job done pretty smoothly.
That dropper post you have is very similar to the PNW Bachelor 150 and the Brand-X Ascend dropper posts, you can get a service manual for the Bachelor 150 on the internet, I have the Brand-X Ascend 120mm dropper post :)
Are the brand x ascend droppers serviceable? Does crc sell air cartidges for it?
The race face aeffect dropper is also pretty much identical to brand x ascend.
looks the same inside as my brand x ascend and an unbranded post i have, at least it's easy to get hold of the nylon sliders and o rings
That's because almost all of them are made by a company called Tranzx and rebadged.
the seal you didn't know about has to be in the groove below the threads on the seat collar
I just serviced and had to replace the cartridge in my dropper after only one year. Granted I put 1500km on it and used it throughout the winter on my fat bike. I don't think Canadian winters play nice with droppers in general. Riding in very low temps probably plays havoc on the seals and fluid inside.
But how do you adjust air pressure on these?
You can't. It like a chair.
This seat post is identical to the Lapierre post I’ve got. It seems the air cartridge is non-adjustable - mine has lost its pressure after very little use and won’t stay up when you sit on it. Pretty junk seatpost unfortunately.
I kinda got scared when you were forcing the stanchion out, you might have created the stanchion. You could have removed the bottom part first which is the actuator then unscrew the seal cap. Also, those brass keys can be removed that way you can take off the whole seal cap and clean it properly.
Thanks for your video, very instructive! But I have a problem with my dropper post. The upper white plastic collar does not fit inside the main tube.
Having just done this, parts of the video really aren't accurate. Undoing the nut at the top has nothing to do with the position of the dropper, as the video would imply. The air spring does not lock in a particular position. This is obvious once you have it apart. To loosen the nut, the best thing to do is unscrew the actuator end instead, and gently grip the bottom of the air spring with mole grips, and undo the top nut.
Done what you told and can't loose the top nut, help me
I have same Merida 120!and same dropper post but i have axial saddle play 😁how can I adjust saddle play?tighten the screw 10 mm 🤔
I have the same problem (axial play) is tighten the nut fix the play or do I need to pull the seat out?
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I am ur one of the biggest fan I have bought an mtb bike for going to school it demands for a lot of pressure to drive as compared to my previous cycle it is double shocked and hv double disk
Do you know how to solve problem with extremely hard (have to push with lots of pressure) remote lever of the Merida’s dropper post? I guess it’s because of non-smooth work of actuator.
Kinked or dirty cable?
I have the same dropper but when I assembled everything I can’t tighten the nut because the cylinder is turning. You have an idea how to fix this?
You have to grab the cylinder from the bottom, with a plier. This video fail to discover that.
Excellent video man, very helpful.
How is it there is a nut under the clamp? Mine has a valve in that location.
In the video, its a non adjustable dropper post cartidge.
Your one is a dropper post with adjustable air pressure cartidge (which is actually better than the non adjustable because you can adjust speed of it. Thats why there is a difference
@@fischfritz100 Thanks yeah I figured.
i jak wyjąłeś zaślepke otworu w ramie? ja wyciagałem suport....:)
Great video, thanks. Very complete guide. Can anybody give me a link to buy that cool bottle cage at the start to the vid? I really need something like that.
hey mate could you help me quick, I have a similar Merida dropper post, and it started leaking oil from the bottom of my frame, where the cables come out, which im confused as its not my brakes, and my dropper is cable, there is no tension on my lever. thanks
Hey mate, did you figure this out?…i have a merida doing the same and the post has ceased and not working🤔
Yeah bro, it turned out to be the oil cartilage inside the dropper, which costs $150 dollars to replace, so I ended up just buying a new dropper
@@shredmtb4884 damn!! Had your post ceased as well?…had a feeling it might be the case
@@surfer007able yeah mate, what Merida do you have
@@shredmtb4884 oh yeah sounds the same thing, must be a fault aye…will see if I can do the cartridge otherwise night just have to replace the factory dropper ….got the 2019, 120
very usefull, thanks
My tranzx ysp 15 dropper post has been malfunctioning: slipping from set height and not securing at bottom level. Any idea what the problem is and how to repair?
Thanks!
when you removed that nut 5:20 the one below the saddle, does that expose a schraeder valve to add air in the air spring?
i have the same seatpost and it's lost air pressure... was wondering if you'd know how to add it back in or am i SOL? Haha
@@mrpercussive yes just pump it up!
@@amermtb turns out it's a sealed cartridge... cant pump it up... gotta get a whole new air spring assembly
@@mrpercussive my one has valve on the top and you just pump it
Łukasz Amerek not for these models which are essentially the same as the PNW Rainier, Tranz X, Brand X Ascend and Shimano Koryak. There is no Schraeder valve under the saddle. Instead there’s a 10mm but that holds the sealed cartridge in place
It is original lion Morgan mtb bike
This is where the seal comes from, the bottom of the thread. Check in very very slow speed: ua-cam.com/video/gCpk86vQBAU/v-deo.html
Brass fethard keys.
Przed serwisem czegokolwiek rower powinien zostać staranie umyty z piachu ........
I literally kill my dropper 8:53 because I don't know how to do that xD omg now I'm feeling so dumb
your english is something
Szajbajk ;p
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