• Hah yeah that's done.

    The yellow boot might be worth something presuming it wasn't holes in it that caused that ^

  • The boot is actually fine, but when I slid it down there was water near the top. YUCK.

    And not sure how that happened as the boot was ziptied on... I greased the F1000 fork I fixed this weeked and despite Belfast's Finest Rain there was no water or dampness in it at all.

    Well, so shopping list: Races, and then we'll see. The fork bearing for the headtube is also toast and looks stuck, but first things first.

    I have a normal Castle Tool, is that going to open this one up?

  • And not sure how that happened as the boot was ziptied on

    There's a breather hole that has a filter over it (above the boot IIRC). Water gets in there if the filter is toast (it's a consumable) and will get trapped in the boot.

    There's a breather on headshoks too...but it's in the steerer tube between the headset bearing races so in theory water can't get to it.

    I have a normal Castle Tool, is that going to open this one up?

    Hmmm don't think so, yellow boot means this is old and probably needs the kidney tool.

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