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Morning all,
Wondering if anyone more talented than I may be able to answer a question.
I changed the fork seals over on my 2017 34's yesterday with a stock fox replacement. The dust wipers have that thin silver stretchy metal band
in a groove on the top and seem to have the same in a groove on the part that goes into the fork lowers (and is unseen when the forks are assembled).
It seems that though in the fun of driving the seals in, one of the sides seems to have lost this band (it was on the floor afterwards, both of the bands above the surface are intact).
Will this cause me an issue?
I'd think the dust seal without it wouldn't be quite a accurate a fit on the stanchion as it should be. So you might get a bit more crap in there that you want. Probably get away with leaving it until next service, but dunno if I'd risk it.
Given how easy it is to pop the lowers off it might be worth just doing it and not having to worry?
If I understand you correctly, you think it's from inside the seal? If so, you run more risk of damaging it trying to lever the seal back out to refit it.
Are you sure the engergiser sprung you've found isn't actually from the old seals you removed?
Getting the lowers off is fine, it's getting the seal out that's a PITA.
I'm pretty sure its not from the old one. I'll see how it goes and worst case get some new seals, as I'll likely have to destroy the current ones to get em out.