Just about to go to bed, and suddenly can’t stop thinking about forks and oil 😯
If you turn your bike upside down, will the oil in the lowers come into contact with the foam rings and underside of the wiper seals ?
Every now and then I pop the wiper seal springs off, carefully prise open the edge of seal, and squirt some fork oil down between the seal and stanchion.
But I’m wondering if there is any benefit in doing this, if the oil within the fork can lube the underside of the seals (my bikes hang vertically in the garage, so fork ends are higher than crown). It’s not as if you want any oil near the top of the wiper seals, as it just attracts dirt – so I’d rather not squirt any oil from the outside in, if that makes sense.
I’m sure I won’t get an answer to this until tomorrow, as all forum members here will be asleep by now, not worrying about their bikes 😉