I bought my bike used without documentation; it looks to be about five years old so I figure that it's [past] time for a rebuild of the Reba RL 27.5" Solo Air fork.  Can somebody make a recommendation for a good bike mechanic or a local shop to rebuild this puppy?  Ideally, I would like to look over their shoulder and learn more about the internals so that I can do it myself in the future but that's not a hard requirement.

Thanks!

Scott

Really appreciate the recommendation Alan. That is something we can do for sure, however, I don't have time to go over the fork and internals during the rebuild. We have been crazy busy!!   

To the O.P., SRAM has full tech docs and service manuals on their website. They are the same ones we would use.  Navigation of their site can be challenging but the service manual can be found there. I will say that the tools required to do the job properly wouldn't be worth it for most folks.

Thanks for the great responses.  I've received PMs and had phone calls with recommended shops and mechanics.

Based on input received I found the correct location on the SRAM website to run the serial number of my fork.  From that I was able to identify the correct rebuild kit and purchased it from Amazon.  I was also able to download the spec sheets and the full technical manual including detailed directions with photos of how to perform the rebuild.  The only tool that I lack is for correctly installing the oil seals and dust wiper seals and I found that on Amazon for $17.

In addition, an awesome member with 20 years of professional bike mechanic experience has offered to host me in his shop and walk me through the rebuild.

WOW, this is an awesome community!

Cheers.

Scott

If you want to really learn to do it yourself, there's a woman who runs a bike mechanic school in Asheville, Appalachian Bike Institute.  She offers a variety of classes including shock service and custom classes. You could take your shock and do the service on it in the class.  

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I took her wheel building class and it was a lot better than trying to learn from YouTube.