[Closed] Fork Stantion Wear Question

Bugger not just Fox Then!
Just clean em up and use em till they die

No apparently not.

Anyone else??

First thing I'd do would be to replace the seals + foam rings and give the fork a right good flush out internally. You're not going to make it any better, but you can stop it from getting any worse!

First thing I'd do would be to replace the seals + foam rings and give the fork a right good flush out internally. You're not going to make it any better, but you can stop it from getting any worse!

+1

carl - are you about to ride next sunday AM?

Ahhh, the RS boys aren't so smug now! 😆

Tried warranty? SRAM are usually pretty good.

Done the flush through and intense seal/foam ring clean, I think Loco is away at the moment and he seems to be the cheapest for seals etc... but they are in the pipeline along with new bushings. Whats done is done but like you say trying to minimise it is all I can do.

Is replacing the bushings a DIY job??

Rob - Can be. Mail me where and what time.

Don't remember being smug Flow, when was that?? I don't like being catagorised either thanks. 😉

I think flow was suggesting that normally when someone post the same thing up for a Fox fork, everyone says buy RS as they don't have this issue.
Not a dig at you carlos.

Try this guy, he stocks the enduro wiper seals.
http://j-techsuspension.co.uk/pages/products.php

Serious question: How badly does that sort of wear impact the performance of the fork? I mean I know it doesn't look great and means selling them on will be difficult if you want to change them but does it really effect the ride quality of the fork?

richmtb - Member
Serious question: How badly does that sort of wear impact the performance of the fork? I mean I know it doesn't look great and means selling them on will be difficult if you want to change them but does it really effect the ride quality of the fork?

mate of mine has revelations with a similar pattern of stanchion wear. His are coil u-turns from about 2008. Doesn't seem to affect the performance of them at all. There are nor sharp edges to the wear, he's done nothing to 'fix' the wear (nail varnish fix etc.) and they don't seem to be getting any worse.

Just run them at 120mm - what the eye doesn't see ....

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On a side note (& possibly more serious) can others confirm similar:

stumpy01 - Member

mate of mine has revelations with a similar pattern of stanchion wear. His are coil u-turns from about 2008. Doesn't seem to affect the performance of them at all. There are nor sharp edges to the wear, he's done nothing to 'fix' the wear (nail varnish fix etc.) and they don't seem to be getting any worse.

I cant see how it will affect them, sure tiny amounts of dirt may get past the seal - this would mean you may want to service it more often. But unless the oil is peeing out or there is slop in the whole thing I cant imagine it making any difference.

Usually it will mean some increased seal weal as the wear patch will be slightly rougher, so oil will escape / crud will enter more easily.

I also question how much it will effect them. Assuming that the internals are all ok and you haven't had the same damage done to the bushings then I guess it would be fine. If the damage was done by dirt in the seals then the bushes may be fine. Is the tolerance on the bushings and seals that tight that it would make a difference? I would have thought not.

Anyway mine are showing similar damage but to a lesser extent after three years. First noticed it this spring when I did a proper post winter service. They've been fine for the rest of the year and it's not noticeable when riding. My fox forks are fine riding in pretty much the same places.

I think flow was suggesting that normally when someone post the same thing up for a Fox fork, everyone says buy RS as they don't have this issue.
Not a dig at you carlos.

Correct

Although Loco's site says the workshop is currently closed, i think he is arround just now so the shop sides of the site may still be going, you could try calling to see if the parts are available.

I think flow was suggesting that normally when someone post the same thing up for a Fox fork, everyone says buy RS as they don't have this issue.
Not a dig at you carlos.
Correct

Ah, apologies. Just how it read to me.

Going to get new seals and upper bushings done along wit the nail varnish trick. In the mean time I'll start putting a few quid away ready for a new set some time.

Hi back from France now, still 'on holiday' for this week but will be in the workshop most of tomorrow fiddling with my motorbikes 😀
So will be answering the phone and starting to work through emails that have arrived over the last few days

Hi back from France now, still 'on holiday' for this week but will be in the workshop most of tomorrow fiddling with my motorbikes
So will be answering the phone and starting to work through emails that have arrived over the last few days

Cool, I'll try you on the phone tomorrow.

just get them chromed works a treat

I bought some Pikes with very bad stanchion wear just above the seals off ebay very cheaply a few years ago and they are still working perfectly. They don't even leak when they're turned upside down. The only servicing I do more frequently is changing out the lower fork oil as water finds its way in past the seal more easily.