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Fixing Seized Suntour Fork On Trek MT220 Bike 

RJ The Bike Guy
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I bought this Trek MT220 24" kid's moutain bike last summer. It was in good shape, other than a seized fork. The fork had no visible rust, so I was not sure why it was frozen. I lubed it with silicone spray to help free it up. Seems the reason it was stuck, was mostly just a lot of dried grit and old grease. Probably the dirt got in there due to the torn fork boots. I got the fork freed up, and disassembled it, cleaned it, lubed it, and put it all back together.
The fork model is a SR Suntour M2015.
The fork cap tool I mad was very similar to this, except it had 12 teeth, and was a larger diameter:
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* Use grease made for forks. I use Slickoleum which is also sold under the name Slick Honey. You can also use SRAM Butter or Judy Butter. If the fork uses oil, use the proper fork oil. Use of a grease/oil not made specifically for forks can damage the plastic/polyurethane parts, or otherwise leave the fork not working properly.
If you have a different brand model fork, check out some of my other fork overhaul videos here bit.ly/ForkOverhauls
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@RJTheBikeGuy
@RJTheBikeGuy 2 года назад
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@cannondany
@cannondany 2 года назад
Sending you some positive energy RJ. You should post more. YT needs authentic content :)
@CrossFitProject
@CrossFitProject 2 года назад
RJ, you are helping dads become hero’s in their kids eyes by giving dads the knowledge to fix their kids bikes. Keep it up!
@kona0197
@kona0197 2 года назад
Awesome video RJ. It's great to see someone else cares about repairing low end bicycles like I do. Not all of us can afford high end gear with Fox or RockShox forks.
@akoznasovajusername
@akoznasovajusername 2 года назад
R.J. The Bike Guy is the greatest teacher of all the older bikes that most of us still enjoy.
@WereJoebin
@WereJoebin 2 года назад
“Some kid will enjoy this bike so it’s worth it” good mentality
@TheLurker
@TheLurker 2 года назад
Man. This is giving me hardcore trombonist flashbacks. Thanks for your videos, RJ!
@GiotheGhreat
@GiotheGhreat 2 года назад
Kudos for making your own tools!! great tip on the Lizard Skins!!!!!!!!
@eastwood111
@eastwood111 2 года назад
Your bike videos are the best, no bells and whistle’s just good content 😉
@badger0888
@badger0888 2 года назад
You are the go-to channel that I recommend to all of my friends. Clear and concise instructions on how to repair commonly owned bikes.
@GreenJimll
@GreenJimll 2 года назад
Great instructional video. Very handy for those of us that rescue old bikes, do them up and pass them on to people who really need them.
@charmsly9506
@charmsly9506 15 дней назад
Thank you reviving an old rusty hardtail :)
@silentscientist2234
@silentscientist2234 2 года назад
Hey man i just wanted to tell you that i love your videos ☺️
@erikgiggey4783
@erikgiggey4783 2 года назад
good to see you back again.
@chrisscott8362
@chrisscott8362 2 года назад
Loves me some RJ TBG rehabs in 2022!! Keep ‘em coming.
@mahmam3128
@mahmam3128 2 года назад
The legend is back
@badger0888
@badger0888 2 года назад
I LOVE your improvisation and your home-brewed tools. Specialty tools are often hard to find and can be $$. You need to make a video on ALL of custom creations. E.g. I loved multiple attack with rusted in seat posts.
@evansnyaga9455
@evansnyaga9455 6 месяцев назад
Your videos are always useful 😂 you are literally my bike service messiah 🙏😂
@sisterfixit4017
@sisterfixit4017 2 года назад
Anyone else get excited when they hear "Hey Viewers!"? I need that on a shirt with the logo.
@MrMitchellw16
@MrMitchellw16 2 года назад
A little clean and lube goes a long way to keep stuff out of the landfill! Happy new year and happy wrenching RJ
@hermawanadhi
@hermawanadhi 2 года назад
Thanks RJ .. i hope you more fit & healty.
@marcocabral4838
@marcocabral4838 2 года назад
Great to see see you posting again RJ! I’ve learned tons from your videos over the years. I have no need for this video whatsoever but I’m still watching it 🤣
@davidburgess741
@davidburgess741 2 года назад
Done something similar with my Suntour fork. It's scary how much crud gets inside! It's almost as bad as my ancient Silca track pump. Good entertainment and creative use of Lizards Skins.
@crxxpslvyr7887
@crxxpslvyr7887 2 года назад
Yes! Another fork repair!
@MrJonas2255
@MrJonas2255 2 года назад
All cheap forks are pretty much the same, clean and grease. If you've done one, you've done 100
@billjohnson3418
@billjohnson3418 Год назад
I literally have the same bike with the same issue. Thanks for showing me what to do!
@MisterSal9895
@MisterSal9895 2 года назад
This video came in a good time. I ride rigid fork bikes but recently purchase hardtail and was wondering about the fork maintenance.
@valfssantiago
@valfssantiago 2 года назад
Hope you are staying healthy RJ! keep making more videos. Can you make a video on how to properly clean/disasssemble 2x or 3x cranksets? as far as i know, no one on youtube has that video. well its pretty self explanatory but i might know of techniques you know of.
@badger0888
@badger0888 2 года назад
Search this channel. RJ has over 2-dozen videos on disassmbly of various cranks and BBs.
@doghouse010
@doghouse010 2 года назад
glad you're back!
@petecurran3995
@petecurran3995 2 года назад
Well resurrected, RJ! 👌🏻
@PaulioMaldinio
@PaulioMaldinio 2 года назад
I randomly stumbled on your Treadmill lubing video from years ago, theirs people arguing in the comments to this day
@sovawls
@sovawls 2 года назад
Great to see You again after loooooooong brake
@ryanjohnson4193
@ryanjohnson4193 2 года назад
Always enjoy your videos. Be safe.👍
@Ronin_Texas
@Ronin_Texas 2 года назад
Great Video R.J 👍👍
@deopersad2915
@deopersad2915 2 года назад
Awesome thanks was good, as the forks I have are just cheap and are probably like this but will do more investigations before I start on them, thanks for helping me on my projects 😀👍🏻
@BRICEN18
@BRICEN18 3 месяца назад
Thanks for another great video
@gomezgadgetyeharr9248
@gomezgadgetyeharr9248 2 года назад
Are yes.. good old RJ.... still "going ahead " every sentence after all these years... Well done
@bob-ny6kn
@bob-ny6kn 2 года назад
Hahhaha. Ha. Yep.
@rotarythread
@rotarythread 2 года назад
Great job on the tool! Looks good :)
@freds4703
@freds4703 2 года назад
Good lesson on cheap bikes too. Only has a mechanism is one side! Also dropouts are just the fork tubes pinched at the end. Thanks RJ.
@rossmcvinnie6903
@rossmcvinnie6903 10 месяцев назад
Yeah, I was surprised to see that. Handy to know though.
@Maik1968
@Maik1968 2 года назад
Just found your channel and this is exactly what I found on a bike I just bought ob eBay 💪👍🌞🍀
@al1843
@al1843 2 года назад
Great video!
@BoogieKnight1976
@BoogieKnight1976 2 года назад
Sheldon Brown was amazing yet RJ teaches in a practical ‘live’ style with is just brilliant.
@RJTheBikeGuy
@RJTheBikeGuy 2 года назад
I still refer to Sheldon's work. He was awesome!
@Tobywan83
@Tobywan83 2 года назад
I love the way you teach in your videos. Any chance of you doing more high end parts in the near future?
@duflyingdutchssswest-fries4941
@duflyingdutchssswest-fries4941 2 года назад
Happy new Bike year ⚠️ And you Will be hApPy 🥸
@yunussuleman9690
@yunussuleman9690 2 года назад
Happy New Year RJ, good you are care about bikes kid or adult Bike is bike Keep video up load and like me learn more Thanks.
@thealvaco
@thealvaco 2 года назад
Thank you for the video! How do you feel about these types of suspension? I always think I want no suspension or modern oil dempened cartridge suspension. I hate the feel of the spring and friction dampening.
@thesmf1210
@thesmf1210 2 года назад
sometimes you just have to love simplicity
@StoneAgeProductionsAdventure
@StoneAgeProductionsAdventure 9 месяцев назад
Brilliant video RJ.. But I had a problem. After completing a full fork stripdown and clean and re-grease I put the fork all back together but they are still sticking/stiff some what though they are much better than they were before. Do you have any tips on how to make the fork compress/decompress more smoothly or is it just one of those things that kind of happens with these cheap spring forks?
@ajmckay2
@ajmckay2 2 года назад
Awesome video - in a similar situation. I've rebuilt my MTB forks several times over the years but never thought of doing the same for the kids bikes. Guess I assumed they're not serviceable. It's funny though how similar the internals (at their most basic level) are between a legit MTB fork and a kids bike. I'd bet that the simple service you did will make the fork work better and last a LOT longer.
@sleepyrasta14820
@sleepyrasta14820 2 года назад
Unfortunately i hit a big rock and the suspension went down but didn't come all the way back up and now is jammed and won't budge.
@SteveGrandjambe3
@SteveGrandjambe3 11 месяцев назад
I have some bike just has a Rusty chain other places
@tedoyle61
@tedoyle61 2 года назад
This does help me out, kid bike or not. THANKS.
@ODPTV1
@ODPTV1 2 года назад
I used lithium grease on old SR Suntour M6300s.
@anjkovo2138
@anjkovo2138 2 года назад
👍👍
@techguy9023
@techguy9023 Год назад
The bolt from below screws into the white plastic piece on the spring?
@gustavolecompte4144
@gustavolecompte4144 2 года назад
Hi RJ. My son has a trek bike with a similar fork but this one does not have a cap that can be unscrewed. Any suggestions to service it?
@RJTheBikeGuy
@RJTheBikeGuy 2 года назад
Then it's not a similar fork. If you have a different brand model fork, check out some of my other fork overhaul videos here bit.ly/ForkOverhauls
@chrisheacox8951
@chrisheacox8951 2 года назад
I have a Zoom fork like this on my son’s 24” Trek that is seized up. Looks exactly the same. Do you think it can be serviced just like this one. Would prefer to clean up than replace.
@philippomozokpia
@philippomozokpia 2 года назад
Is wd-40 really damaging on plastic parts, even if i wipe it off right away? Looking to rebuild my seized suspension fork but I don't have any silicone spray. Thank you!
@blakenewton2781
@blakenewton2781 2 года назад
Use a shotgun barrel swab to clean it. Probably work for most forks
@bob-ny6kn
@bob-ny6kn 2 года назад
200 lbs? You don't look a day over 155.5 lbs. :) Life is good for you and family, I hope.
@RJTheBikeGuy
@RJTheBikeGuy 2 года назад
OMG, 155.5 would be WAY too low for me. Anorexic. I was 170lbs when I was training for Ironman.
@craigengelman4534
@craigengelman4534 2 года назад
im building a bike for a motor . i have bmx 3 piece mongoose crank and want to use them on frame but frame has uruo threads what do i need to get to use the crank ? frame is a specilized mtb
@bob-ny6kn
@bob-ny6kn 2 года назад
Start by updating your will and saying goodbye to everyone. Second, give the BMX away. Third, get a disc brake bike. Last, search Grin Technology.
@DefaultAPI
@DefaultAPI 2 года назад
Heya RJ We’re can I buy the grease from in the UK
@RJTheBikeGuy
@RJTheBikeGuy 2 года назад
You need to ask someone who is in the UK. Or start googling.
@cup_and_cone
@cup_and_cone 2 года назад
Did you ever rebuild that auction Cannondale/Headshok?
@martinschroppel3954
@martinschroppel3954 2 года назад
It´s really simple: don´t do it, send it in to a professional. I am a trained Bike Mechanic with lots of Fork Maintenance under my Belt, but the amount of Special Tools required for Headshok and Lefty forks is not worth the effort, let alone the knowledge, the needlebearings and their races are matched sets, if they are worn you need new matching sets, which you would have to messure to your specific Forks parts. old rock shox or similar: do them at home if you get a hold of the shop manual, but newer models with more complex internals or completely different unicorns like heaadshok forks? give them to a professional that knows what they are doing
@advancetriochile
@advancetriochile Год назад
Hi nice to miis you. From Santiago de Chile. A questiin? What number is the keys Allen?
@SFCRambo60
@SFCRambo60 2 года назад
Questions, at 8:03, you are putting the front-end back together, did you forget something or don't you need the dust covers? Or rubber boots.
@brian_jake
@brian_jake 2 года назад
You didn't finish the video
@SFCRambo60
@SFCRambo60 2 года назад
@@brian_jake your right but I did finish it. So I guess the skins work very good, but would you recommend them on the Trek 1001 ( Graphite or Composite Frame )?
@livinb450
@livinb450 2 года назад
The dust boots cracked usually are left off, and not available now new. They are superficial and don’t matter on cheap forks like this. The seals got reinstalled in the lower legs but he didn’t show us. He put the front wheel on with the the tread backwards. :-)
@bob-ny6kn
@bob-ny6kn 2 года назад
@@livinb450 some people want the tread "backwards" for their theory of braking surfaces.
@livinb450
@livinb450 2 года назад
@@bob-ny6kn touché
@lostone260
@lostone260 Год назад
Cost efficient
@TheTwistedStone
@TheTwistedStone 2 года назад
That special fork grease looks exactly like Petroleum Jelly, is it the same stuff ?
@RJTheBikeGuy
@RJTheBikeGuy 2 года назад
No. Vegetable oil looks like motor oil. Same stuff?
@TheTwistedStone
@TheTwistedStone 2 года назад
@@RJTheBikeGuy Vaseline. I used to load trailers full of the stuff. Extremely light grease.
@RJTheBikeGuy
@RJTheBikeGuy 2 года назад
Okay, prove it. Show me authoritative documentation that they are made of the same exact ingredients.
@TheTwistedStone
@TheTwistedStone 2 года назад
@@RJTheBikeGuy That's what I was asking, is it the same... ?
@martinschroppel3954
@martinschroppel3954 2 года назад
@@TheTwistedStone Slickoleum is an anhydrous Calcium Grease, so no, its not the same stuff
@habbahan
@habbahan 2 года назад
That grease worth more than the fork lol
@BigTree412
@BigTree412 2 года назад
Do Bmx please
@sdy0108
@sdy0108 2 года назад
These mid to late 2000's suntour forks are terrible, I have had three pass by my shop seized that didn't appear to have any rust
@SteveGrandjambe3
@SteveGrandjambe3 11 месяцев назад
It’s gray
@justineauman7182
@justineauman7182 2 года назад
Sir... Give me standard stem sir please
@andyjame9687
@andyjame9687 11 месяцев назад
Nice looking bike but poor quality control or poor transport.Rear wheel has major issues right out of the box. ru-vid.comUgkxHL1v1R3NE5x4KiYfyt8dnQmyNYz7qi5L Rear axle is bent! Derailleur is misaligned.Since the rear wheel comes assembled I would have expected better.Assembly instructions poorly written, but that was not unexpected...just annoying.I just had the bike checked at a shop and was told that I should contact the seller about getting a whole rear wheel assembly with cartridge. (The bike shop could not do anything to help me).Not a good experience with this bike, so lesson learned.Added 3 stars for excellent customer serviceUpdate Sept 8 2020Just received a complete replacement wheel for free. Great service and an otherwise fine bike.
@rcs2003
@rcs2003 2 года назад
Everything is done... and your whole bodyweight still not enough to move it properly :D Thats funny.
@Commander_ZiN
@Commander_ZiN 8 месяцев назад
Are you always chewing gum in these vids? Because it sure sounds like it.
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