This was really the most helpful bike repair video I have seen so far. Without it, I wouldn't have dared to open that thing - which (after 7 years) had become almost useless.. Now, everything works as new. This is amazing! Thank a lot!!

As someone that's desiring to take care of my lower end mountain bike, I cannot tell you how much your videos mean. I've learned so much from you and these instructions for us that are working towards higher-end bikes later mean just as much to us as any of your videos do for those that already have higher-end bikes. Thank you so much from Texas.

My friends with all that expensive fork always tell me not to bother cleaning or fixing cheap parts and just get the expensive ones. But i always make full use of them and clean them and service them.

thank u guys so much!!! without this video i wouldnt have been able to have been as comfortable on my bike as i had problems with my fork and all bike shops said that there isnt any point for them to service it themselves. but now i know how simple it is, i was able to do it myself

I love youtube when I am wondering how to do something I turn here first , great video shock work great thank you didn't have the money to buy new shocks, cheers!

A really useful instructional video - this has transformed my son's bike and the fork is moving so much more smoothly now. Thanks!

Definitely going to give this a try! I seem to find videos telling me how to work on the FOX 36 or whatever other latest-greatest MTB shock. But revamping older/less expensive components is an area that is lacking.

Cheers guys, I'm so crap with spanners, but even I managed to to this service. Worked I treat!

This worked so good! My shocks feel like new! I for sure recommend trying this.

the most excellent, clear and exact video for suspension maintenance

more vids like this please. lots of information and it's presented in a way everyone can understand.

After about 2 years I decided it was probably time to service my entry level Suntour fork. Everything was going good until I went to remove the circle springs on the upper seals...one broke...hopefully that is not "too" critical, I'm sure it is there mainly to help keep water and dirt from entering the lowers. Oh well guess that means I will just have to really keep on top of maintenance. Everything went back together fine and the fork is functioning amazing now! Thanks for this tutorial.

May be a cheap fork but your vid simply shows how to maintain them - thanks.

he stares into my soul sometimes

Hey MBR magazine. I'm just com8ng back to mtb after a short break. I thing videos like this are great cos not everyone can afford a top shelf bike with good components. This video shows how to maintain even cheape bikes and still have loads of fun without spending stuuupid money. Some people just don't have them. Thanks and looking forward to see more of Your vids.

after a year my fork starts to lost its travel then i saw this and first thing you know...it felts brandnew again and works even better

Great video. Very informative. I feel confident going at my stiff forks now.

You save my life man.Thank you.

This was a easy to understand video made me service my own forks now they are much more bouncy again i was stripping my bike down and doing a service anyways so this made it easy to do this aswell so thanks guys! :)

Great tutorial, just performed this on an old rock shox dart 1 coil fork. Works great now!

Done. Thank you for this my suspension is working great again.

Completely demystified it for me.. Great video. Thanks.

Helped me a lot. Thanks for the vid

Great video mate just what I needed

Fantastic walkthrough. I have to use a 10 year old bike that neven seen service now since somebody stole and trashed mine and the fork is so stiff. I had no clue how they worked as my bike has no suspension. Now I dare take it apart. Thanks

I normally service upper end forks and have always been a bit weery of servicing lower end forks, not knowing or what to expect once I have it apart... nice video... this will help.

This video is very useful. I know how to fix and maintain all parts of a bike; except shock forks. Both of my kids' mountain bikes have forks which fall into this category. They need some work to keep them top notch, and now I can do it in my garage. I will also look for a video by Al to help me service the push rods and springs!

0 dislikes, I love being part of the bike community, very positive stuff and great energy.

Thanks mate! Great explanation.

Good job. Looks super simple.

Thanks for the video. A. My fork works now perfect again. B. I am aware now that I have a cheap budget fork, ;)

Excellent video, really well presented and informative. thanks a lot!

Grease around the bush.....polish the rod....I got a little turned on but very informative. Thank you

thanks, I just wanted to check there was nothing too fancy in there. job done! found out just how shagged my forks are (chrome worn right through in large amounts) but at least it's an improvement

Thank again! Another awesome video! Very helpful!

Really good clear video - thanks.

"Lube the long pokey thing, and rub it on the bush" ! This guy is great !

I'm glad I have steel non-suspension fork on my bike, zero maintenance :-)))

this is very helpful! thank you!

Very, very, very useful. Thank you!

I liked the video. I will have to give this a try until I can afford some shox or fox's. I have 1,500 miles on my never serviced forks

Will i be able to do this with my better half's rock shox darts. I'd like to get them running better until we can upgrade them.

i bet you love being part of the mary-jane smoker community too, very positive stuff

wow u just helped me make my crap zoom shock into a very good working item .. over the bloody moon

Very nice instruction... Thnx!

Very nice helpful video.

nice share dude... will try to my low low entry fork hope it work

I tried something very similar to this having seen it in another video. Having loosened the bolts at the bottom, I then tapped them to loosen them. No effect. I tapped more, still nothing. I ended up belting them full force. Still no movement, only by now the forks were completely stuffed.

suntour xct, i have on my bike xca so this will be realy helpful for me in one year when i will decide to clean whole bike. Exelent, mine is full of dust because of cheap oils and now i will put some quality ones

Nice sneakers dude. What are they?

Thanks, the chrome on mine is in decent shape, but mine are an even more basic version with just a spring on one side and the other tube is empty. I wonder if there are any retrofit kits out there for my old Suntour's, just looking at them it seems like they are mostly the same dimensionally compared to some of their better forks.

just done this job on my XCR forks on my trek but the stanchions are wrecked all the surface chroming has worn off, need to up my maintenance schedule on my new forks when i get them.

What about removing the push rods that are inside the stantions? Isn't that where all the action happens in terms of springs and dampening?

Great vid

thanks for the tip! they all ways say to me my fork is disposable even it has a bolt under it

Hi! I just want to ask if i can change my fork from 26 to 27? is that advisable?

What is he using for grease?

Thanks alot. I Appreciate you.✌

what kind of grease is that?

Great video. thanks

good video thank you!

i did this to my rock shox judy tt and i wanted to renew the seals. but the seals literally are stuck in there and when i pulled them out the seals broken..so there is still rubber of the seals inside of the lower legs..any tips on how it could remove the rubber which sticks in there? maybe some alcohol to solve them?

Brace goes on the front... unless you have Manatou Axels. :P Great set of cheap/mid forks.

Thanks !

is this fork having preload n lockout or just preload? i'm having a suspension fork with only preload... do i do the service as shown or any other procedure? the two bottom bolts are present. i ride an adidas genius gt9001 ( basic basic fork 100mm )

awesome vid

Can the bushings be rotated 90 degrees on most cheap forks? This would postpone replacement somewhat. Are replacement bushings for such cheapos even available freely?

I changed the oil in fork Friday and it is super soft (bottoms out) now. I add the correct oil and the amount. Added more and change preload with no change. Any help.

As someone who rode budget (middle of the road) bikes most of his life, I'd almost say it's the way to go. I have a (relatively) high end bike now, and it's not the mecca you're searching for, or what several times the money would merit.

Thank you for that.

Great instruction, could upgrade the audio and camera angles. But got the instruction, thanks.

Thank you!

what kind grease used for fork seal, doesn't make damage for seal?

How regular should the forks be taken apart to clean and grease?

just what I needed to know , thanks for a good clear tutorial ;)

Thanks mate 👍

thanks this is great

Thank you

How often do we need to do this on entry level forks?

Love and marriage, Al and bike maintenance, you can't have one without the other.

on these types of forks, can you put in a bit of fork oil just to keep the insides lubricated? thanks so much for the "modest" repair video. anyone can take apart a high end part and make it work great becuase it is meant to work well. it is good to see something that helps the rest of us.

Just been given a set of front forks, after only just getting into mountain biking and just doing things cheap and easy - till I decide to spend some real money on a descent bike.. The forks have been resprayed and couldn't tell you what make they are.. But thought I'd do a bit of care and revamp of them.. but when I took lower legs off one had a bolt holding it in place at bottom, the other side was a push in cap! - the 2 uppers were 2 different lengths of about 3"( But don't look like been cut by anyone), and the shorter one didn't have any spring,push rod nothing and looking inside it- didn't look like there ever has been ??? the other longer one has a push rod and is fine,with an adjuster on top of leg. Anyone have any ideas ?? could it be a case of a missing spring ? but why the difference in length! any advice will be most helpful !! tnx

dont they contain any oil and need bleeding and stuff?

nice going to give this a go this arvo. its never been done in 3 years =s hope fully its not to bad ha

i want to ask if the maintenance for mazrocchi mz race 2007 fork is the same as the fork of the video

i have RST Air fork without a damping adjuster. Does it work the same way?

my lowers have rustholes should i replace it?

can i use vaseline instead of grease? very well made video! (my springs are sr suntour xcm custom on a 2015 specialized pitch comp 650b)

I've got some SR SUNTOUR XCR MG 26" forks that I couldn't maintain as I didn't have the tools at the time. But, see a 6:00 min mark, what's the spring called in the black push rod?? As one of mine has snapped and the other one due to. Any information would be appreciated. Need to get my bike fixed before the end of November as I'm doing a fundraiser for pancreatic cancer UK.

if my forks are adjustable, should I set the preload to minimum (or maximum) or leave it as is before disassembly?

my fork is rock hars, will it be softer if i do this

I have some zoom fargo forks like this,,is there any way to stiffen them up loads as they're on a kick scooter and I'm constantly bottoming out because if the front forks diving LOADS ! PLEASE HELP MATE !!!

Thanks for this - very useful and easy to follow. I'm having a problem with disassembling a vintage (2004) RockShox GPS Metro fork like this, and wonder if you can help. The bolt on the left-hand (spring) leg undoes fine, but the bolt on the right leg won't come undone - it just spins around, like whatever it's fixed into inside the leg has come adrift. Any ideas what's going on and what I can do about it? Saw off the bolt head and use a pin punch to free the stanchions, then replace the bolt afterwards? All advice gratefully received. And remember, guys, plenty of grease around the bush area. The ladies love it ;-)

My bike has RockShox Recon Silver (coil) and I've been told it needs fluid. Not sure how to do it, thought entrance level forks didn't have fluid (coil ones)...

thanks men!

Can you use super white mupti purpose grease

Thank u kindly sir

What is the Park model number for a "Long Pokey Thing"?

What kind of Suntour îs? Thanks!

What grease is used for this service?