WET SEAL: Yes. One can imagine their stanchions are penetrating their lowers. Given it’s a tight fit, lube will reduce the heat on your forks’ seals as the result of friction. Without using lube, seals prematurely wear resulting in dirt/grime finding it’s way into the bath system. The space between the seals and the stanchions is extremely minute to prevent foreign particles from entering your lowers. Seals are the major line of defense for keeping them out. Ensuring that stanchions/seals are properly lubed will extend the life and performance of your fork. If the going rate is 12 quid, the it is 12 quid and at 2 quid per fork service then it’s hardly going to eat up the soft food and tinned peach money. MUC-OFF: We recommend our Silicon Shine. BIKERUMOR: Is there any product/type of lube you should NOT use? I’m still using a big tub of their waterpump grease for just about everything that needs grease & never had an issue. The coatings on the stanchion are porous, they hold a small amount of oil to lube themselves during use.

After a typical winter commute on salty roads (in my town they are salty from cirka 1 Oct to 15 Apr) the stanchions will rust almost immediately if I forget lubing them. Forgetting it after a single ride is enough to find it rusty next morning… Make sure you orient the lowers on to the upper tubes correctly. The damper side is on the rider's right, and the air spring on the riders left side. Gently slide the upper tubes through the dust wipers without pushing the damper rod and air spring rod all the way through the bottom of the lower. That way we can add bath oil! MUC-OFF: Yes! You can’t beat regular cleaning of your whole bike to reduce wear and tear and use a good protectant all over your bike! We wash our bikes after every ride, little and often is better than waiting and turning it into a hellishly big job! WET SEAL: Our product Wet Seal was the first lubricant introduced to the industry specifically for suspension forks and this article. In 2014 we had the Suspension Experts in Asheville run a serious of tests on every fork to make sure our formula was 100% safe. Cycle to Work is a salary sacrifice scheme, where you can save up to 42% off a new Bike and Safety equipment. This means the cost is deducted from your salary as a non-cash benefit, so you save on tax and national insurance.is this the Float fluid that gets flushed out of the foam rings by the lower leg oil as the fork compresses? Not owned Fox for a while but seem to remember they changed the recommended oils for forks and binned Float off the list at one point. Reinstall the lower legs onto the upper tubes. Inject 20cc of FOX 20wt. Gold oil into the spring-side lower leg. Daft question, is it not the same as a rubber grease used in automotives, that’s not mineral based ? If you use a Sharpie or other marker to make this mark, take care not to remove the mark as you clean parts throughout the rebuild. A scribed line is also an option for marking the position of the ball bearing. Dunno, I get paranoid about oils and grease. Put the wrong one on the fork seals and they swell and you’ve got a FUBAR’d fork that needs a complete rebuild.

When no new bubbles appear while cycling the Shaft, fully extend the Shaft and remove the Shaft Lug with the Internal Spool Valve Compressor tool. Install the appropriate IFP Height tool for your post, then reinstall the Shaft Lug with the Internal Spool Valve Compressor tool. Transfer Travel Any carbon parts like carbon seatposts should use grease recommended by the manufacturer or for the application. Typically you want to use a lubricant that has a similar composition of what’s found in the bath system. Now that the fork is full of the correct bath oil, slide the lowers far enough on to the upper tubes so that the damper rod and air spring rod come out of the lower legs. Place the appropriate Fox crush washers in to place and thread both bottom nuts on by hand.

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Applying lubrication to the stanchions will attract dirt and debris, which the wiper seal will wipe away upon the next compression, creating a ring of oil and debris that will need to be cleaned before your next ride. With routine 50 hour lower leg service, the fork will provide the necessary lubrication to the stanchions to perform properly until the next service interval is reached. Routine service combined with proper cleaning and inspection can extend the life and performance of your suspension product. Now that we have the lower legs separated from the upper tubes, it's time to remove the old foam rings. The foam rings sit right underneath the dust wiper and are designed to catch any dirt that gets past the dust wiper. Over time the foam rings can collect a lot of crud and dry out. First, read all the answers you've already received. There's a lesson to be learned, if you look closely. Another grease-based product is carbon assembly compound, which typically is grease + silica, which adds friction to enable parts to grip with a lower torque. This is used with carbon fibre parts, which if over-torqued can fracture. part of this service, you will also be signed up to receive occasional special offers and third-party

They have chemists who can analyse stuff & make an equivalent. (Although maybe not in just tiny amounts for practical purposes) Multi-purpose grease ideal for fork seals, bearing surfaces and other grease-lubricated applications NOTE: To adjust travel on a 2021 38mm fork you must replace the entire Air Shaft Assembly with Inner Air Sleeve. PartTyler Benedict is the Founder of Bikerumor.com. He has been writing about the latest bikes, components, and cycling technology for almost two decades. Prior to that, Tyler launched and built multiple sports nutrition brands and consumer goods companies, mostly as an excuse to travel to killer riding locations throughout North America.

Finance is subject to application, financial circumstances and borrowing history. Performance Cycling Limited FRN: 720557 trading as Tredz are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. We are a credit broker not a lender – credit is subject to status and affordability and is provided by Mitsubishi HC Capital UK PLC. Terms & Conditions Apply. Free hub seal grease . This is not for freehubs in general but is specifically for Shimano's Microspline seals, and for specific seals there. The datasheet gives the same basic constituents as the previous one, but it might be different.Internal hub grease. This is with calcium hydroxide 5-10%, white solid lubricants 2-3.5%, & 2.5-4.1% bentonite, other additives and mineral oil. This grease is calcium-based for wash-resistance, and temperatures are not high. The oil level slowly drops until you do a lower leg service at 50 hours or whatever interval experience says you need it. Internal gear hubs usually use oil, but it's important to use the correct lubricant. Some hubs like the NuVinci hub literally are designed around the special oil they use. For other hub types, the grease doesn't usually matter. Yup – and altho I don’t have fox forks all my forks are serviced using motorcycle fork oil – its designed for the purpose.