desman
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Post by desman on May 10, 2015 21:24:33 GMT
Hi and hello from a new member.... not had much luck over on Pinkbike asking this so I thought I would come to the experts I've recently (well 6 months ago) bought myself this rather shiny 303 RDH and have ridden her quite hard for a relatively newb downhiller...... and now it is proper cleaning/servcing time and boy am I lost with how to get the rail properly clean? Any hints and tips would be very welcomed. Ty Des
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Post by Andrew on May 12, 2015 8:00:22 GMT
You should be caring for the rail after every ride.
Don't think you can leave it wet and dirty, it will go wrong and they are hugely expensive. £600 I think now?
So, clean your bike as usual. Clean the rail while you are washing your bike, use a brush, use a sponge.
Dry your bike.
Then with a grease gun, put some grease in that rail. The best stuff is the green shimano grease
It will push all the dirty grease out, then wipe with paper towel and clean off the excess and dirty grease that's pushed out.
Should keep you going that way.
Don't leave it wet.
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desman
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Post by desman on May 12, 2015 13:40:48 GMT
Thanks Andrew... the rail is cleaned and regreased (I use white lithium grease) after each ride, I just struggle to get in to the backside of it under the swing arm. Even with squeezing more grease through it is still coming out slightly gritty and is a bugger to get off. Maybe the green grease you mention will not be as awful to use as the white lithium?
I was maybe hoping to get the unit out (maybe not taking it to pieces as there are bearings in there I don't want to play about with) and give it a proper wipe down.
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Post by Andrew on May 13, 2015 8:18:24 GMT
They are pretty easy to take apart.
Just slide the car off the rail, do it carefully and bearings won't come out.
Put the car on the table upside down and then carefully slide the rail out, you'll be able to give it a real good clean. I prefer the shimano green grease.
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desman
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Post by desman on May 15, 2015 6:50:34 GMT
They are pretty easy to take apart. Just slide the car off the rail, do it carefully and bearings won't come out. Put the car on the table upside down and then carefully slide the rail out, you'll be able to give it a real good clean. I prefer the shimano green grease. Awesome... time to learn how to dismount and remount the rear shock for me then! Thanks for your input! I shall take photos of each stage when I get round to doing it!
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Post by Andrew on Jun 1, 2015 13:41:45 GMT
If you get stuck, email me. Andrew@yetifan.com
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desman
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Post by desman on Jun 3, 2015 7:46:52 GMT
If you get stuck, email me. Andrew@yetifan.com Awesome thank Andrew - I may well do that in the future, but for now the forks are needing to go in soon for a lowers service so I am going to get the LBS to clean/service the rail whilst they are at it!
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