Help with this Rock Shox please

[Jimmy2021]

Hi, trying to service this Rock Shox Rake 44 (that's what's stamped on it).
I got so far as removing the springs but stanchions won't come off.
I tried re-insering the bottom bolts and tapping them but nothing.
How do you take this apart???

 

[ishaw]

You need to do as you've already done, bolts back in lower legs into the dampers, enough to feel confident you won't damage the threads but with some room for the bolts to move towards the legs. I start with a small space then after a hit or two and movement, unwind the bolt a bit more and repeat until free. Repeat both sides.

Allen key in the bolts then hit the Allen key with a hammer. It can take more of a hot thet you think to break the taper fit.

Looks like a Judy with a scapin crown.

 

[Jimmy2021]

Ok, sorted.
The bottom bolts needed to be "tapped" a bit harder...with a sledgehammer

 

[Jimmy2021]

Ok, now if I may, I would like to know if there's need for any oil in this or just grease.
There was no oil in it.

 

[Jimmy2021]

Judy you say...
But the online manual talks about air.
There's surely no air here.

 

[ishaw]

Do you have a pic of the fork lowers and any other bits?

I had a Judy race recently (gifted to a mates build I did for him just so he'd have a better fork alongside all the other upgrades I did), it was an sl iirc and coil only.

Without knowing for sure what fork it is, I can't be certain, but springs alone don't do much other than bounce, not much in the way of damping.

The taper that you had to break on a Judy and others is the damper shaft which sits inside the upper tube, usually on one side but some Judy's had both compression and rebound ramping, so a damper in each leg, those with just rebound had a dummy damper in one side.

Was there an adjuster at the bottom of either leg? Any of the 2 bolts have a hole through the centre of the Allen hole? Can you see daylight if you look through the upper tubes? If not, there's maybe a damper in there, holding captive oil..