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Yeah that's fucked. New shock time!

I just had the dreaded phone call from TF Tuned.

We've had a look at it and there's a few things wrong with it.

1/ The shock body/stantion is scored. We can replace it but only with a silver one for £37

Me: okay that's not too bad, go on then do it.

2/ The piggyback shock piston is scored too. we can replace that for £33

Me: okay, let's do that too

3/ Something, something that I didn't quite catch but a main piece in the middle of the shock is also badly scored. As the Monarch RC3+ is a bespoke length (222 x 66) for YT industries then spare parts aren't available so we can polish it and replace it but there is a risk it will leak so there's no warranty.

So including service charge that would be £200 for a shock with no warranty so our recommendation is a new shock

TL:DR? It's fucked.

So the recommended replacement is the Marzocchi Bomber CR3 coil shock (222 x 70) which he reckons will increase the travel without negatively impacting the geometry and will be a vastly superior ride so for circa £400 including bushings and correct weight spring I've gone for this.

That hurt...

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