Recently my friend accidentally pushed my bike down some rocks and it happens to hit the left stanchion. What should I do now?
by N1trix2
Recently my friend accidentally pushed my bike down some rocks and it happens to hit the left stanchion. What should I do now?
by N1trix2
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Depends. Can you feel the scratches with your finger nail? If not I wouldn’t lose sleep over it.
If yes, you can fill the scratches with clear nail polish and then carefully use a razor blade running horizontal to the stanchion to shave the nail polish smooth.
There’s several YouTube videos on the process and “repair kits” you can buy but I’ve fixed stanchion damage on my Pike with simple nail polish and no side effects.
Either way, keep an eye on your seals and for excess oil on your stanchions as a bad scratch not dealt properly with can damage the seals/carry oil past them.