MTB Maintenance RockShox Lyrik Fork Lower Leg Service

[@tashatorrid]

Good job Milton. I made the mistake of not using proper torque on my Suntour fork and messed up the rebound. Torque is so important. I've since bought a torque wrench.

[@MILTONATOR]

Travels With Tasha Yes, torque! I didn’t cover this on the video but the service manual does. I personally need to invest in some myself. Pinning your comment as this is important. Thank you.

[@benfeatherstone1067]

I recommend getting new foam wipers, also take off and clean the oil seal and then apply SRAM butter under the seals, when putting the fork back on take off the metal springs on the fork seals and place them on the stanchions then easily re assemble the fork! Top job man love the vids

[@MILTONATOR]

Ben Featherstone You know, I thought about taking off the metal springs and putting them on the stanchions as you mention but fortunately I managed to get it back on rather quickly. I’ll keep that in mind for sure. And thank you!

[@willbennett7107]

I’m upgrading my air shaft soon so will need to do a lower leg service which I have never done you made it look quite easy👍👍

[@MILTONATOR]

Will Bennett Awesome. It’s really not hard. Just make sure you have the right tools and patience when sliding the lower back into the stanchions 🤙🏼

[@Ben-um4tq]

A very well put together instructional video!! Awesome job!

[@MILTONATOR]

Ben Thank you 👍🏽

[@MloVisual]

Great video bro! And very useful instructions. Thanks!

[@MILTONATOR]

MLO VISUAL Right on man! 👍🏽

[@dkkids]

Great video! I have spring type shocks right now, but this was very informative. Hope you recover soon! (I came down on my seat after a jump 2 weeks ago and bent the seat rails, and ended up with a pinched sciatic nerve - not fun - 1.5 week recovery just to be able to walk normally)

[@MILTONATOR]

David Baillargeon David, Ouch! That sounds painful man. Recover soon and recover well. I’m back on the bike, just finished my second ride. Gradually getting back to it.

[@dkkids]

yeah... took a week of recovery before got on the bike - its good now though, just did a nice ride with my son and brother over at Herriman reservoir yesterday!

[@MILTONATOR]

David Baillargeon That’s good news👍🏽

[@djleandroakio]

Thank you for video Milton. I´ll try to do it with my Lyrik.

[@MILTONATOR]

Leandro Akio Hattori Not too difficult. Best of luck 👍🏽

[@mtm159]

Thanks for the video Milton. I’m due for this service and I’m going to give it a go myself

[@MILTONATOR]

Matt M Great! 👍🏽

[@ericsharp5079]

Great video! I got my commencal meta about the same time as you and I’m due for the same service! By the way I’m sure you feel the same but I love this bike!

[@MILTONATOR]

Eric Sharp haha! Absolutely love it. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, it’s like it was made for me. Love my Meta 😁🤘🏼

[@alejandropedraza9911]

@@MILTONATOR great vid Milton. I started follow you when I was about to get a bike. Looking at you I finally decided yo get a 4.2 Meta. I didnt even knew Commencal bikes. I dont know what does this bike have but, I do love it! This is my third bike and I never feel like this before. I fully agree with you, it feels like it was made for me.

[@MILTONATOR]

Alejandro Pedraza I’m glad to hear that! Thanks for supporting my channel.

[@Tony_Pieroni]

You made that look easy!

[@MILTONATOR]

Anthony Pieroni Haha! Thanks man👍🏽

[@fishnoose]

I wanted to buy your bike on pb!!. I got the xx though. Thanks for the awesome vid

[@MILTONATOR]

Aww man! Thanks for the support.

[@mrrims]

Nice video man. Thanks for sharing.

[@MILTONATOR]

CJ Hanifin Thanks! Gald you found it useful!

[@sdcoffeeroaster]

I know this is an old thread but I have a question about the 8mm crush washers. The 2021 Lyrik shows crush washers but I did not have any washer on the air side (like your video) and only a large flat washer on the damper side, again just like your video. Yes the Rockshox parts list shows these 8mm crush washers that are a much small OD than the single flat washer I found on the damper side and thicker, since they are crush washer. Never had a leak but should I be adding crush washers and leave that damper large washer out in the future? Thanks

[@Hawlkeye-e9p]

Do not use a towel to clean out lowers. All rags will have debris. Clean out the lowers with liquid. Inspect the bottom for debris buildup. The rag will never clean debris completely. I personally use soapy water with some pressure. Then dump to a container and examine. You might be shocked at what comes out. Rinse thoroughly and let it dry out before continuing. This will go a long way in keeping the fork functioning properly.

[@Hawlkeye-e9p]

You need to replace the foam rings and flush the lowers with a fast drying solvent. Be generous. You want to get all the debris out of crevasses. Debris sticks to the inside of lowers by where the bolts go in. So double check that area with a flash light. You may even have chunks of grease down there so be through. Let stand for a few hours to fully evap solvent. Then reassemble. I add an additional 1 cc that ends up coating the lowers internal surface since solvent is used. This wont affect performance.

[@johnbravo7542]

Great job,very well explained,all the best :-)

[@MILTONATOR]

Thanks! Appreciate that. 🤙🏼

[@blakebeyett6471]

I have kind of a dumb question. Do you fill the syringe before you put the hose attachment on or after? Don’t want to put too much in or too little, even though it would only be a very small amount difference possibly.

[@MILTONATOR]

Blake Beyett Fill it with the hose attached and then squeeze out the excess to get the right amount 🤙

[@nates.4992]

Sweet!

[@MILTONATOR]

Nate S. 😁👍🏽

[@Theo-mb2dd]

Hi, good video!!! Is there any difference between sram butter and dynamic seal grease? In your opinion is it ok to use the dynamic on the forks too?

[@MILTONATOR]

Sorry, can’t say. I’ve only user sram butter.

[@newbiemtb6741]

As soon as I get my Meta...

[@MILTONATOR]

Newbie MTB If/When...you have to let me know what you think of it 👍🏽

[@newbiemtb6741]

MILTONATOR will do. It will be a little while, but I know the day is coming.

[@benjamind165]

Do you have any links to a service kit

[@MILTONATOR]

Sorry I don’t. Google for 50 lower leg service kit and your fork model and that should get you going.