"justen" wrote in message
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Phil, Squid-in-Training wrote:
The magnesium lowers of my 2003 Manitou Skareb Comp had begun to crack
last

This is a farily well-known problem with the 2003 reverse arch forks.
Supposedly things were fixed for 2004. I have heard of failures of the
2003 forks, but not the 2004. FWIW.

Yup... all over MTBR. I'm surprised they didn't recall them all; I'd be
scared to know what a heavier rider could do... I'm only 135 lbs.

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Phil, Squid-in-Training