How to upgrade your Rockshox Pike travel from 150mm to 160mm
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1. Rather than removing your brake lever from the bars, it is best practice to remove your brake caliper from the fork to avoid any oil ruining your brake pads.
2. At the 2:45 mark you will see that we use a rubber mallet to smash the lowers off. This is incorrect. To properly remove the lower, you should use a rubber or plastic mallet to firmly strike each bottom bolt to dislodge the air and damper shafts from the lower leg. Then Firmly pull the lower leg downward until oil begins to drain. Continue pulling
downward to remove the lower leg from the fork.
Step by step instructions on how to upgrade your Rockshox Pike from 150mm to 160mm of travel. Follow along as my good friend Fitzy teaches me how to change my Pike shaft at home using only basic tools, and some neat tips and tricks. Make sure you subscribe to keep learning all about bike maintenance with me!
Love the camera angles, closeups, and corrections you noticed after the fact. Same procedure, minus the new longer air shaft, can be used to do your 50 hour lower leg service.
Jiminy Cricket thanks man! Mistakes were made, but happy to correct my self and learn.
Thanks for posting this! It was cool to see a regular home mechanic do this job! Note for anyone else doing this. As noted below I'd pull the caliper/hose "up"/off the lowers. There is always a chance you will drip oil and ruin your brake pads!! Also I would not suggest hitting your axle like that. Would really suck if it bent or damaged threads! AND I'd order new foam rings and have them available. They expanded/stretched and were really hard to get back in! (as well as inspect seals, heck for 16-20 bucks I will just get a seal kit with the parts so I have on hand next time just in case!) I bought cheap C clip pliers that change tips/angle, thought that might be nice? They wanted to "change tips" while in the middle of using them and kept falling apart... The "tab" between the C-clip; your not twisting the tab. Your pushing up, rotating around the whole seal head so the tab is "under" and not between the ends of the C-clip. (and then reverse when you put it together) Also I got all the way done ready to air up and only then noticed I'd sucked a bit of the seal under inside next to the arch. So I had to pull the lowers again. (didn't want to take a chance messing it up and having to wait to order new seats/tool) So good idea to check each step 100% before going to the next one. :)
Excellent comments
Hahaa you remind me of my friends! Poor old fittsy Welcome to my world.
Dude, I have his exact bike and was just wondering how to do this and found it in a search. Thanks for sharing!!!
EXFIL123 awesome! That’s why I make then. Glad I could help! Let me know how it goes.
MTB Travel Eat I couldn’t find the exact model number from the bag behind the shaft in your post. I did however find one listed as rockshox pike air shaft solo air silver 160’m for 27.5 will this work?
EXFIL123 sounds like the one. Should work, but can’t promise anything on my end! Haha
Best video I've seen for this. Good job.
Thanks! Happy to help
i used a gaspipe pliers and two spokes to remove the c clip.. it works very well
Thanks for this video. What year is this pike? Note that 2014 and 2015 (and possibly other) pikes are specified to use 5 and 15ml of oil, according Rockshox manuals. I think that this video suggested otherwise.
Queso 2017 Pike
Hi on my rockshox pike 2018 service manual shows 10ml on each leg why on your video 5 and 15ml ?
Pretty cool when I did that to pike had to run lower air pressure to get same feel
Thim thanks man. Yea I run my pressure a little lower now. Makes riding so much better. Way more control.
I bet it doesn't go as smoothly for me, big help nonetheless. Thanks. Adding Debonair damper upgrade too, same procedure. Should be fun.
Good luck!!
Have you experimented with other tires/brands? I ask because I’ve tried LOTS of different tires and I can’t seem to figure out why so many people like the minions. Even people who admit that they don’t roll well, wear relatively quickly, but insist on using them. Just wondering as you said you’re fairly new to mountain biking. Good video btw!
I have experimented with many of the Maxxis tires on the market, and I agree, the minions don't roll the fastest. That is why I normally run what I consider the magic set up with an Aggressor in the back and a Minion DHR up front. Minion DHR handles the dirty work up front and holds traction like no other, while the Aggressor in the rear maintains traction, but allows for a lot more speed and momentum. Thanks for the compliment btw!
Great video. Does nothing need to be done to the damper shaft? Does it just have extra length already?
Doug Thanks! No damper necessary. The shaft is built to run 150mm or 160mm on the Pike.
And don’t we have to add oil in the damper side to compensate for travel increase ?
I'd recommend NOT putting your lowers (and brake caliper) into the oil pan with your nasty used oil (if you'd like to keep using your front brake in the future that is), and also replacing your foam rings when doing this procedure.
Fair points! There of course wasn't enough oil in the pan to cause any issues, but good call. Replacing the rings is definitely recommended as well!
psshh who needs brakes just ride the lightening ! ( sprinkled with sarcasm)
richie smith this was a ”how not to service your fork video” lol.
Would’ve thought calliper removed off fork lower before anything else? Great vid 👍
The great one 2 I will likely do that next time. Haha
Or at least take the brake pads out! :)
HI, what about DAMPER CHARGER this are no need necessary buy another more large?
Jimmy needed a longer shaft?
Jimmy did. Jimmy has one now. Jimmy is happy.
Great video thank you for sharing , 0w30 oil is the same as the original for pike?
christian that is what rockshox recommends
Great I would get what you t using on this service,thank you!
How does it ride compared to 150? You happy with the upgrade?
It rode like I had 10mm more suspension up front. Worked well for me.
Good job. I have 140mm pike fork. Do u know if I can do it to get 160mm travel? I could use some more
giorgos makrogiannelis thank you. From what I have read the uppers are the same for all travel sizes of the Pike, so in theory, you shouldn’t have any issues upgrading to 160mm! You may want to contact Rockshox/SRAM to be 100% sure though.
Hi MTB Travel, got a little mess in my head
I want to reduce to 120 from 140. Do I need to order just one AirShaft?
Abel Ramos you will have to check with your fork manufacturer to see if that is possible, but yes, there is only 1 airshaft in a fork.
MTB Travel Review yes everything is ok I’m gonna change travel and by the way upgrade a revelation with the new debonair
Thanks mate, very kind 👍
@@abelramos8652 Lowest i've seen is 130mm on a pike. (I'm running it at 130mm)
does it makes the forks longer by 10mm? and the bikes become more slacker? if it is i would be happy with that.
Brian Sebastian it does add 10mm I’d travel, so technically yes, longer. Not really slacker though as the angle of the fork doesn’t change
Do you think 10mm is noticeable enough or would you recommend 20mm?
Anthony Zrillo 10 is very noticeable. Not much you would need more than 160mm of front travel for
Could of gotten the debonair upgrade kit
mark bell coulda woulda shoulda
Hi I did this and the fork is stuck on 20%sag with no weight on it
Why wouldn't you replace the shafts on both sides?
qwertykevin1 because only the air shaft side matters. :-)
Ah man, should of done the debonair upgrade in the process for just a few bucks more for the air spring!
Either way, nice work. I just ordered the debonair upgrade for my pike, but decided to stay 150mm.
MAZ_MTB good point. Next time and thank you!
Yes, Debonair with negative chamber for $40. Like a whole new fork! Makes all the difference in the world.
I have a question. If i have a 100 mm, and on the side of the fork, 80 mm and 100 mm, Can i safe upgrade to 120 or is it a new fork ?
No clue. Reach out to whoever makes the fork.
Can I go from 140 to 150 using this?
*Why not remove the brakes so it doesn't contaminate with the oil*
Limalima Arvin if you read the thread, that is clearly the consensus. We were careful, so it was not necessary but is recommended.
I NEED SOME INFO, i have a pike rc 2019 with 130mm, my question is how much travel i can increase? its recommenden only increase 10 mm or i can increase more?, i wanna try increasing to 150mm, its good idea or not? ( the bars of the fork have marks of numbers with 130mm and 140mm)
Alexis Guzman I would say that you can only increase 10mm, but I am no expert. Have you tried contacting rockshox? That would be my next step. Sorry I can’t help more
I check amazon i dont see the exact slick honey grease like you guys have. Any grease option would you recommend?
I'm thinking better C-clip pliers, where the pins stay parallel to each other, would make it easier to take the C-clip out & put it back.
Agreed!
Does that work for a rock shox yari ?
Er Pol honestly I don’t know. I would call and ask rockshox
@@MTBTravelReview ok tank you for the answer
If your Yari isn't at the maximum travel already then there are parts to do it. Just make sure to replace the foam rings with new ones in the lowers. So many videos skip that part. Every fork should have a lower service after 50 hours.
Yeah I’ve just fitted the debonair upgrade kit to my yari forks, I took the foam rings out clean and soaked them before refitting them
I've got a 26in DJ Pike 140 what's the best way to get this to 120mm,. Mahalo
I dont know but your travle will be decreased with a longer piston shaft.
Great video!! Do You feel the difference? 😀
Stian Jorge Jarnæss thank! I didn’t think that I would, but 10mm makes a huge difference! Can definitely feel it.
Wow, think I'll have to get a 160mm 😀
Hey, do you know what diameter of the RS airshaft?
Where did you find that Shaft? Do you have the link?
Marco de la torre bonacich found mine on Amazon. Don’t have a link, but search for rockshox pike 160mm and it should come up. Just make sure you get the one for the 27.5 not 29er. If you are on a 27.5 rig of course
I'm thinking to install debonair system... I have this model FS-PIKE-RC-A2 - 31t60086070 (2017) 150mm but I want the upgrade to 160mm (I foind the upgrade in ebay) What do you think? is possible to do this upgrade?thanks for answering
Marco de la torre bonacich i wish I could be of more help man, but honestly contacting Rockshox would be your best bet. I am no rockshox expert and don’t want to answer incorrectly. Best of luck!
So, I have a revelation rc can I drop mine the same way to 140 from 150?
Blue Pitbull you’d have to check the specs on that model. I only have information regarding the pike swapping between 150 and 160z
Hi Sir!
Been to RS service centet but they refused to adjust d travel of my 2016 130/140mm Pike to 150/160mm. But my enduro friends did it anyway..was it a wise decision? Ty
Jonathan Vasquez hey man. Honestly, I couldn’t tell you. Not sure why they refused, but in theory it can be done. If it works, then run it!
hi, i own the rockshox recon 130mm can i upgrade to 180mm?
No
I have a pike RC and want to go from 120mm to 140mm, how much CAD was it for the air shaft?
Jake Joevenazzo you have to do some research. Reach out to rockshox. I don’t have the answer. sorry.
MTB Travel Review like how much did you pay for the airspring
Jake Joevenazzo $50 or so on Amazon
Can I change a pike from 130 to 160?
Probably not. You'd have to ask Rockshox, but normally you can only move up/down 10mm.
Beli di mana itu om?
Sorry, I only speak English.
*INCORRECT WAY OF DISCHARGING LOWER LEGS FROM UPPER LEGS*
Limalima Arvin worked fine
@@MTBTravelReview dude he's right, its better to hit the bolts with the hammer, not the axle. both work but you may bend the maxle
Tim Smyth appreciate the info man! Helps to give a solution, not just say it’s wrong like he did. Lesson learned!
@@MTBTravelReview laying a 110mm long piece of wood over the axle and hammering on that would prevent it from being damaged, ya?
@@phorest the issues is more with the internal seals, not the actually hammering of the axle. The proper method is to hit the bolts from below, which breaks the seal and releases the lowers.