Originally Posted by
onespeedbiker
Watching your video I was able to ID your Bontrager as a 1999 Privateer Comp
http://www.bikepedia.com/QuickBike/B...e#.ULOrvGewXdE (I have the 1998 S with an XT Gruppo and a Super Fly shock). The headtube is 1 1/8"; the original shock was a RS Sid which was pretty anemic and the Superfly I believe was the best shock of the ear. It is highly unlikely that your LBS will want to work on your shock and will probably want to ship it out the Marzocchi. The person I sent you too, Peter Mendes is a fanatic about rebuilding vintage Marzocci shocks. He has a lot of NOS parts that are unavailable even through Marzocchi (he actually lives about a mile from the Marzocchi service center in Santa Clarita, CA). Several years back I sent my Super Fly to Marzocchi who said it had a deep pit in one of the sliders and they did not have replacement parts that old. Peter Mendez not only had a replacement slider, he rebuilt the shock and polished all the aluminum for a price less than Marzocchi wanted for a standard overhaul.
As far as the Judy DH shock goes, I first tried an upgrade to the Judy XC. These old Judys have a plastic oil damper cartridge that are known for blowing out. I went through 2 cartridges in a month ($40 @ in 1998) and then replaced it with the Super Fly, so my advice is to pass on the Judy.
Thank you for that information. I am now tending away from the Judy DH a bit more.
This is what my LBS said about the fork:
Hi, there's really only three places where air could leak out.
1. the seals. We do have all sizes of seals in stock right now.
2. the schraeder valve. Put some air in the fork then put some soapy water on the valve to see if it's bubbling. The valve can be tightened up with a core tool.
3. the foot nut on the bottom of the fork. You can put air into the fork then use soapy water or a bucket of water to check for leaks there.
If this determines the cause of the leak, great. If it's the seals, we can do an overhaul and replace the seals and inspect the entire internals and fill with new fork oil for $55 + the cost of the seals ($35-45).