Look Fournales Shock_ need help

Hi there,
is there anyone who has serviced the shock from a Look Fournales fork???
Or does a manual for this exist? The normal manual for the fork says that there is no service needed and if so to send the fork back to Look..
regards markus

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Hi,

Another linkage fan...brilliant

I don't think LOOK can help anymore, but Fournales are still manufacturing shocks.
They have a pricelist from 2008 which includes a fork shock service, €102.
Some instructions in French here.

All the best,

well hope to become a linkage fan after the repair
right now the shock is not properly working....
regards and thanks
markus

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Blimey...I've got one of those, too :



All the best,

Hey! so cool! and these spox wheels mmmmmh!

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I might be able to help you there. I have the exact same fork which I'm in the process of rebuilding right now ( got it off e- bay and I'm checking everything before I'm putting it on my bike). I do have a step-by step shock rebuild instruction with pictures that some French guy posted on the net. I have translated it in English with help of a French friend.
The shock is very easy to take apart it seems and changing the oil should be really easy too but I haven't tried it yet.
What is the issue with your fork? Losing air? rebound adjustment?
If you need to replace some seals you might have a problem since Forunales is not making those anymore and I don't know whether their Moped shocks have the same dimensions. if it's an issue with the air-valve that would be an easy fix since it's a very common part. If it's just a matter of an oil change then you're in luck since I have the instructions. Anyways I will take the shock apart soon and do the oil change and I'll document the process. Hope this might help. I do have two more Forunales forks of the first generation (one of them has a busted upper link but I'm keeping it for spares in case one of the other shocks needs some spare parts.)

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If you would document the shock disassembly, that'd be really useful to a few of us on here, thank's chap.

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I do have a step-by step shock rebuild instruction with pictures that some French guy posted on the net. I have translated it in English with help of a French friend.


Could you send this instruction or make it available on rb?
that could be very helpfull....

As promised here are the step-by step rebuild instructions. Some of the steps (around step 6) are a little vague but that's all I have (better than nothing).
I didn't try the rebuild yet so I don't know how well those instructions will work. I especially don't know how you'll keep air out of the system when refilling the oil around step 10-11 but maybe this shock has some sort of self leveling function?? I remember replacing the oil on a Rock Shocks Monarch rear shock and it was a lot trickier than this (especially when it comes down to making sure no air was trapped in the damper shaft assembly).
Anyways, good luck and I 'll update when I attempt those instructions myself.
I just uploaded the files as Jpegs, since the retarded upload system doesn't let me upload a PDF. Unfortunately the quality of the Jpegs got crappy when saving them out of the PDF. If somebody wants a PDF shoot me a message and I'll try to find other channels to get that to you.

Hey cool! Many thanks Syncrosfan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!