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Plus I'd have to remove the forks/ pack them up and post them, which is also annoying.
This. So much time. So much faff.
As for getting the pros to do it, unless there are special tools required which aren't available to Public Scum, what special skills are the pros going to have which a reasonably competent home mechanic won't?
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what special skills are the pros going to have which a reasonably competent home mechanic won't?
Intimate knowledge of all the ways you can accidentally fuck the fork up beyond repair. Specially adapted tools to minimise the chances of this happening. And a really great understanding of how suspension works.
I'm not saying someone at home couldn't do it, but if you can't afford to get it serviced properly, you can't afford to fuck it up, either.
If boxing it up is massive faff just take it to Evans and they'll post it off for you.
Howard
I know this is always your advice (and you're no doubt right) but I'm tight and this looks like it could cost me £200?
I don't think the issue I have at the moment is £200 worth of annoying. Plus I'd have to remove the forks/ pack them up and post them, which is also annoying.
If I can bleed the system myself it's circa £5 in 8mm tube/syringe as I already have some 5wt oil.
I've done the lowers myself in the past and had that Cannondale headshock apart a few times so back myself to not fuck the bleed up, if its as simple as I think. If it works temporarily because the seals are shot I'll know it needs the full works and won't be out of pocket by more than a pint.
Just wondering if anyone else has done it before and what the results were like/ if there is some show stopper I'm not aware of.