rockshox indy xc - oil advice

[m.r.davies]

Hi
I'm half way through a project bike, and have stripped down these old school forks, and had them resprayed

however, i need to now put them back together
its only a back and forth to work bike, so nothing intense, but i need to build the forks up, and put new oil in

1) where can i get the oil
2) can i use cheaper oil that has a similar viscosity
3) how much oil do i put in?
4) is the oil the first, or the last thing i put in?

i've never done this before, i've found a manual online, but doesn't say anything about the oil

any advice is appreciated
thanks
mark

 

[cce]

indys dont have an oil damping system

just grease everything up with fork grease and slap it back together

 

[m.r.davies]

indys dont have an oil damping system

just grease everything up with fork grease and slap it back together

really? coz oil definately came out of it when i took them apart!
that are Indy XC's so are they any different

if they dont need oil then thats great!

 

[xizang]

Indy's definately don't use oil. Just elastomers and springs. As said above, it's just grease and go.

 

[m.r.davies]

Indy's definately don't use oil. Just elastomers and springs. As said above, it's just grease and go.

cheers fella

looks like you're local, look out for me on a 2009 white and grey giant trance x2 full suser
I'll be up castle coch/machen/rudry/wenallt on sunday morning

Mark

 

[Xesh]

Some models of RS bitd did have a small amount of 15 weight oil in them just for lubrication purposes. By small amount I mean about 5ccs in each leg.

 

[m.r.davies]

Yes you are right, I found a manual and it said I need to put 15cc of5w oil in each slider

so my question is where can I get some 5w oil from and the shock grease
ideally I don't want to spend a fortune on this as I have a shoe string budget

cheers

 

[the great roberto]

Motorcycle shop is your best bet.

 

[Xesh]

....5w oil.....

We always used to use 15 weight as it was thicker and would be more likely to stay where it was supposed to than the thinner 5 weight.