So my bike fell over in a lawn yesterday, and I had assumed everything was fine...

Then today I noticed that the little gold cylinder (excuse my lack of technical knowledge here, but I have no idea what that thing is) has some play to it now. In other words, I can wiggle it with my hand. I doubt it was like that before. Any help would appreciated here.

 

Umm, can we get a location of this little gold cylinder? Maybe a picture of it too?

 

The thing that everybody puts red bull cans on above the rear fender....

 

The rear shock pressure can thingy?

 

Yeah, that's it.

 

How did your shock reserviour come loose from that?
Are you sure it wasnt loose before?

 

No....I'm not sure it wasn't loose before...I just noticed it today and it's probably a coincidence. I feel like a total moron, but what exactly does that part do?

 

my guess is it is a resevoir of some type for the gases inside your rear coil over shock, but i could be wrong. Is there any kind of oily residue that looks like it might be leaking out of it?

 

Dammit, the evil in me is making me do this. IT HOLDS YOUR REDBULL CAN ON STUPID

 

Ok going to look at what it really does now to help you.