I'm leaking fork oil from under rebound adjuster knob.

[flux_capacitor]

Has anyone ever had fork oil leak out from under the plastic rebound adjuster knob on the top of the fork? My right one is doing just that and curious how to go about repairing it. Thanks!

[dlrides]

o-ring

Take the top cap off, remove adjustor, replace 0-ring.

[Johnf3]

Originally Posted by flux_capacitor

Has anyone ever had fork oil leak out from under the plastic rebound adjuster knob on the top of the fork? My right one is doing just that and curious how to go about repairing it. Thanks!

Two things:

First, did you or someone else just work on or service the forks? Commonly, those who are not familiar with WP forks will fill the middle of the inner cartridge with oil (the area where the long thin rebound tube sits). This is supposed to be dry, and when oil gets in that space it comes out the top as you describe.

Second, the rebound cap is sealed with a common O ring that can fail, although normally it is not that common of an issue. To repair this, the rebound knob has to be removed. This part is easy, at least until the two little steel balls and the spring go shooting across your garage never to be found. Point being, be careful. Once the rebound knob is off, the replacement of the o ring is straightforward. Reassemble the knob into the cap with the spring and the two steel balls and you are good to go.

[Zuber]

Johnf3 nails it in the First Place. You can replace o-rings on the cap, but it won't fix it until you drain out the extra oil in the damper tube.

[laramie LC4]

it's also possible to have spun the inner cartridge, which reduces the threads available, not allowing the fork cap to seat fully, keeping the damper rod from seating, causing it to leak. dont ask how i know...

laters,

laramie

[slackmeyer]

Originally Posted by Johnf3

Two things:

First, did you or someone else just work on or service the forks? Commonly, those who are not familiar with WP forks will fill the middle of the inner cartridge with oil (the area where the long thin rebound tube sits). This is supposed to be dry, and when oil gets in that space it comes out the top as you describe.

Second, the rebound cap is sealed with a common O ring that can fail, although normally it is not that common of an issue. To repair this, the rebound knob has to be removed. This part is easy, at least until the two little steel balls and the spring go shooting across your garage never to be found. Point being, be careful. Once the rebound knob is off, the replacement of the o ring is straightforward. Reassemble the knob into the cap with the spring and the two steel balls and you are good to go.

If there is oil around the rebound tube, and the forks haven't been worked on in some time, oil could be getting past the rebound adjustment needle, it seals into the rebound tap with an o-ring. The rebound tap is steel, and sometimes gets very rusty, and eventually oil can make it's way past the o-ring.

[freddelito]

Do anyone know the size of that rebound adjustment knob o-ring?