Splice maintenance

[Endo]

I've recently bought a pair of Splice Supers and I've read that Stance's need carefull attention coz the seals like to blow pretty early - do I need to take any precautions with my Splices?- I do give them a bit of a thrashing now and again..

Cheers

[Red Rocket]

My friends experiences with splices are that they are pretty reliable. new seals are only $20 or so dollars anyway, so blow away I say!

[Endo]

green light then!

[miko]

Mate's got some, loves them! Given them a reasonable thrashing (trail riding only) and they seem good. Just like any other fork, keep stantions and seals clean, should be good!

[Endo]

that's good to know! Wipe off the dust and crap from the stantions and seals after a ride yeh? Do I need to lightly coat the stantions with oil or something?

[miko]

There are many schools of thought, but I usually wipe off all crap, put a little bit of suspension oil on a rag and wipe it around the stantion. Then bounce the fork up and down a few times and wipe off the excess. Seems to work well enough.

When I'm not being lazy that is :)

That keeps the seals lubed, you may find some crap comes out when you do the bouncing as well.

[Endo]

cool, off to my LBS to grab some oil then - should get a chain cleaner too i think..