Thread: Rock Shox Recon 335 Problems

Please excuse my lack of technical terminology for MTB forks in advance.

Problem:
Currently under suspension compression and rebound my tire rubs against the "fork brace". Only on the brake side of the fork. It is especially worse when combined with hard braking. I have tried putting in a different wheel and tire yet it still does the same thing. Neither wheel will sit properly between the lowers. It is always too far toward the brake side of the fork.

Any ideas to what is causing the problem?

Here are some pictures to hopefully help make sense of what I am struggling to say. You can see the paint missing on the spot where the tire rubs in one of the photos




This is a bike I was trying to fix for my GF so new fork is not an option as I bought myself an Enduro

First thing I'd do is take a good look at the dropouts. If they have a bunch of paint in one or if one side is damaged, even just a tiny bit, the effect will be greatly exaggerated at the rim. If you have dropout alignment guages, that's a good way to check too. If that is the case, the two options are a Dremel or call RS. Lower shouldn't be too much for that fork.
I'm not saying it isn't something else, but I think that's most obvious.

Alright I will look into that. Does anybody have a line on some lowers? I have the part number I need 11.4015.322.00

contact sram directly for new lowers. their number is on their site. they have some of the best customer service i have ever seen from a bike company

I called sram, they just told me to call a local dealer and I got pricing from them.....$200 for lowers on an old fork...no thanks.

Anybody got a fork with 9mm qr, 1.25in steerer approx 130mm travel that they do not need? Or other suggestions?

How would I go about fixing it with a dremel?

Again, it really depends on exactly what is wrong with it and whether it could, or should be fixed. Have you had a shop look at it? No offense, but as a qualifier, if you can't tell exactly what the problem and how it should be fixed, fixing it yourself might not be a great idea as this is the part of the bike that holds the front wheel on. It might not even be fixable. Fork dropouts will eventually wear out. If it is an old fork I would have it looked at and have the dropout alignment checked.
Also, some shops save old fork parts. A lot of RS lowers are interchangeable. Check around.