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Originally Posted by vfrqqq

Thanks. Yes, I am at least going to buy a new release fork; however, I'm trying to decide whether to stick with an OEM part or something much stronger (e.g., made from a billet or forged), but that has OEM fitment. Of course, the problem is that stronger forks appear to be quite a bit more expensive so I'm torn. It's surprising to me this happened after only 70K miles and with mostly regular, non-aggressive driving/shifting. It makes me believe the fork hasn't been designed strong enough and not wanting to have to do this again in another 70K miles is almost enough to make me plunk down the extra cash. However, I understand that in most cases, even for relatively frequent spirited driving, stock components by and large will get the job done and already have a ton of engineering behind them.

In that 70K miles have you ever had to replace the TOB? I ask because when they go bad they eat up the surface that they slide on and then it's prone to binding. The surface they they ride on is replaceable for ~$80. When I did my first TOB I didn't replace this part and I suspect that is what lead to me bending my pivot once my second TOB started to go. BTW, my pivot bent at about 127k miles.