Paul Hollands

I'm not sure if this has been posted previously but I figure its important. There is a problem with the damper leg of newer RS forks with external rebound adjust. Apparently, the O ring that is used as a seal on the bottom of that leg is defective resulting in oil leaking out through the adjuster knob. Currently its showing up mostly on the Tora's and Dart's but it's possible that the problem extends throughout the line. If you own one of these forks, check the damper adjust for any sign of leakage. If you have a leak take it to your shop and have it sent away for repair. You or the shop will have to pay for shipping but the repair should be covered by the distributer. As far as I know, Sram has not issued a recall as of yet, and is having the distributers deal with it on a case by case basis. The problem is not restricted to a couple of bike lines, it is anything that is speccing the forks. The shop I work for currently has about 20 bikes from 2 different lines sitting with the fork stripped off and out for repair.