Have a set of 13" REVOs that are only a couple of years old. I noticed the other day that the shock on the clutch side no longer has the ability to be rotated by hand. When I say "rotated" I don't mean adjusting the shock itself, I mean rotating the spherical bearing and exercising it's free-play. Has anybody else ever experienced this before? It's funny because I make it a habit to spray a little bit of lube on these bearings every now and then.

 

Never had that problem with my Legends shocks.....yours should be under warranty....contact them with the problem.

 

This is your best bet.

 

Not trying to sound like a smart ***, please don’t take it that way.
When you talk to Legends, ask them if they recommend a little oil in those bushings... I wonder if the dirt/dust that is attracted caused an issue...

 

That would make a lot of sense. Now that you mention it, I don't recall that being recommended by them when I was researching before I bought mine. At least not that I remember.

 

I just installed my Legend Revo A rear shocks. I was surprised that no where did they say to install with grease or oil on the spherical ends.
Every other shock I have installed with spherical ends, has used some grease on them.

 

I just re-read the install instructions that came with my Revo-A's. No mention of lubing anything.

 

What lube, since depending on the race material being uses, wrong lube could be causing the race material to swell up/fall apart, or could be just causing more debris to be packed in instead. Simply, if you are lubing the spherical rod ends, then only want to use a pure silicone spray that does not contain any petroleum products, once you have wiped away any collected debris.
Note, don't use WD-40 silicone spray, since it 80% Petroleum Solvent and only 1% silicone.

 

lifetime warranty

 

Any metal-to-metal contact (in any application) should be lubricated.

I use Amsoil metal protector on all my metal-to-metal / pivot points.





I took the shock off and have isolated the problem bearing as the top one. The bottom bearing rotates effortlessly, the top bearing can be rotated using the mounting bolt as leverage, but it is very rough. I have sent Legends an e-mail, waiting to hear back.