Quote Originally Posted by OakLeaf View Post
It might be a manufacturing defect (poor alloy).
The specs for the same fork today just say "Leg material - 7050 Butted Al", which is aluminium I s'pose. Can this be an alu/magnesium alloy, with more or less magnesium? I should try to find the specs for my fork. It's from 2008.

The thread from mtbforums was interesting. I registered to see the photos, but I'm still not sure what an epi rocker is No matter. MOst interesting was that one guy had had no trouble whatsoever, and lived in an ocean environment, while others had problems galore.