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  • Huh, probably better than having been used for 16 years without a service. But yeah all the seals will be dead.

  • @Dogs
    If it has seals - some of the old shocks just have a spring and elastomer rubber thing for damping.

    My first effort at a slatealike on a budget had that. When I got it apart all the foamy plugy bits had dissintergrated. It still kinda worked, and a new spring and damper helped,but it was a bit of pogo stick by design.

    If you're set on a headshock, I'd really recommend getting an ultra DL or DLR as:

    1. when they work they are great.
    2. you can still get all the bits
    3. If you have the castle tool servicing at home is doable.

    I'm not sure if the same is true of the 'Super' forks that came before.

    Just had a quick look and I can't see any DL/DLRs online at the mo. Maybe set up a watch alert on eBay and see - I got mine for about £120 I think. It needed a seal change though and now works great.

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