What is this green stuff coming out of my fork?
03-09-08, 03:21 PM
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Its most likely slime, if you ever pumped up your tires with your shock pump it probably "inhaled" some slime from the tires then got blown into the fork and came back out after it settled to the bottom, same thing has happened to me. Perfectly normal, if its an air suspension fork it may be best to turn the bike upside down so that the oil that is supposed to be in the shock is not being lost and sucked into your pump.
03-09-08, 03:38 PM
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03-09-08, 03:51 PM
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03-09-08, 06:53 PM
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Its most likely slime, if you ever pumped up your tires with your shock pump it probably "inhaled" some slime from the tires then got blown into the fork and came back out after it settled to the bottom, same thing has happened to me. Perfectly normal, if its an air suspension fork it may be best to turn the bike upside down so that the oil that is supposed to be in the shock is not being lost and sucked into your pump.
03-09-08, 07:25 PM
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I aired up my fox float RL up to 100psi today (my recommended is 70), didn't like the way it felt, and I went to let the air out to start over, when i did, about 2 drops of green fluid sprayed out of the air valve. Aside from that, everything seems to be working a-ok right now.
What was that??
What was that??
"Float fluid" is 3 to 5 cc of 20wt fork oil inside the positive spring chamber to lubricate and seal the air piston. It's normal to lose a small amount of oil out of the air valve every time you inflate/deflate the fork.
03-10-08, 07:04 PM
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Sorry for the confusion guys. I checked it out in detail and it was sperm. Sorry again.
Some of you came pretty close to guessing what it was though.
Some of you came pretty close to guessing what it was though.
03-10-08, 07:14 PM
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They say whatever floats your boat, but thats just weird. Honestly 150+ psi? If so, your amazing. That would liderally blow me away.
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