"Ride-A-Lot" 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 year, about 6 months before I stopped riding it. I've kept it
stashed away for a while until today, when I was cleaning my room and
found the lowers. I gave the legs a light (maybe 2.5-4lb) squeeze, and
they snapped. Although I didn't mean to snap them, they lent some
interesting insight into their failure.

snip extensive research

Dude, way too much analytical time on your hands! You forgot to do a gas
chromatograph test on the magnesium dust. That should give you the exact
compound ingredients.

If that happened to me, I wouldn't waste time analyzing it. I'd just buy
a new fork and ride.

Too much flat Florida sunshine and college beer!

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And not enough of what ever is in the bag in the last photo! Good write up,
I'm now heading out to the garage to inspect my forks a little closer.

Lance