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Service Intervals.

Service intervals for rear shocks.

Every Ride: You should clean exterior of shock with mild soap and water.

Every 30 hours: FLOAT and DHX air shocks under wet and muddy or dry and dusty conditions service air sleeve. Clean and inspect bushing and reducers.

Every 100 hours or annually: Full suspension fluid service is required.

On Float shocks there may be a small amount of air sleeve lubricant residue on the body. This is normal. If this residual air sleeve lubricant is not present, this is an indication that the FLOAT air sleeve should be re-lubed.

Service intervals for forks.

Every Ride: You should clean exterior of shock with mild soap and water.

Every 15 hours: Clean and Inspect dust wipers.

Every 100 hours: Inspect dropout thickness.

Every 50 hours: Inspect Bushings, Change oil, Change FLOAT fluid in air chamber.

FOX 40

Every 30 Hours: Inspect Bushings, change dust wipers, change oil.

What are the possible faults on my suspension?

Leaking oil
Little or no compression damping
Rebounds too fast
Harsh bottom-out
Clunky Top-out
Lockout not functioning
Platform not functioning
Leaking air from positive
Leaking air from negative chamber
Leaking air from positive chamber
Leaking air from negative chamber
Air transfer (positive to negative)
Too soft
Too hard
Play between upper & lower tubes
Feels sticky

What means LSC, HSC, Rebound?

LSC is Low Speed Compression. Usually is written on your suspension adjustment cap/screw.

HSC means High Speed Compression. It is also written on your suspension.

FOX racing shox � Suspension tuning tips.

Symptoms: Not using full travel, feels harsh, poor traction while making turns
Causes: Overly stiff spring or compression damping
Solutions: Lower air pressure or softer coil springs; reduce compression damping

Symptoms: Bottoms out, soft throughout travel
Causes: Spring rate too low throughout travel or too little compression damping
Solutions: More air pressure or stiffer coils springs; increase compression damping

Symptoms: Harsh over large bumps, but good over small ones
Causes: Compression damping too high
Solutions: Reduce compression damping

Symptoms: Excessive sag, feels soft initially but does not bottom out
Causes: Initial spring rate or preload too low
Solutions: Increase air pressure or spring preload

Symptoms: Harsh over small bumps but uses full travel
Causes: Initial spring rate or preload too high, or too much compression damping
Solutions: Lower air pressure or install softer springs; reduce compression damping; reduce spring preload

Symptoms: Takes first bump in a series well but harsh over later bumps, poor traction in washboard corners
Causes: Too much rebound damping
Solutions: Reduce rebound damping

Symptoms: Springs back too quickly after bumps, poor traction in bumpy corners
Causes: Not enough rebound damping
Solutions: Increase rebound damping

Symptoms: Lockout not working
Causes: Not enough suspension fluid in the damper; RLC forks only: blowoff threshold knob is fully counterclockwise (soft)
Solutions: Check damper suspension fluid level; RLC forks only: turn blowoff threshold knob fully clockwise (firm) then cycle fork a few times

Links

FOX TECH CENTER

SRAM SERVICE SITE