I know this comes up a lot but.. Enduro fork seals

Do they give less stiction? I did search but most people are asking about sealing and fitting.

In my experience no, in fact for a little while (until they bedded in) they were really quite sticky and needed fork juice) once they were bedded in they seemed good though

IMO much better than standard seals, a definite upgrade I think.

Right.. I need new seals* so I’ll give them a try.

* by that I mean my forks, not me.

I was looking at them but too many stories of ruined stanchions.

used them for years with no problems of stanchion wear, they do help to keep crap out which means you have to service less often.

I use them on fox forks. Work well. No damage. Good company to use. Yes there is extra stiction at first. They wear in rather than wear out.

Fox have just relased new fork seals made by SKF better sealing and lower stiction, haven’t had enough time to test them yet though

Do they require specific tools to fit them?

Apparently need a seal driver, not fitted any yet as only just picked them up.

Do they require specific tools to fit them?

Usuaualy an assortment of sockets and various sizes of drainpipes works quite well. So if you have a well equiped shed then no, no special tools needed.

molgrips – Member

Do they give less stiction? I did search but most people are asking about sealing and fitting.

No, at least not noticeably to me (on coil RockShox).

I think they work better than the OE seals personally, the oil on mine always comes out clean.

Usuaualy an assortment of sockets and various sizes of drainpipes works quite well. So if you have a well equiped shed then no, no special tools needed

Thanks, I never throw away anything I think I can possibly use to bodge something with so I should be fine.

Will fit some on my forks in a moment to see how much tighter they are than the old ones 😉

Ok if anyone is interested they’re not alot tighter than the ‘old’ type ones.
The issue is that the ‘throat’ of the seal is a bit wider leaving a smaller flat area to push against to seat it which in turn increases the chance of damaging the seal.

Fitted to a set of Float 150 RL open bath forks.

They have double lip internally and have more stiction than the standard ones ‘straight out the stand’ but will bed in over a ride or two and should give better sealing and less stiction so I’m told.

Hi molgrips

Put a set on some second hand Pikes. As others have said it felt like more stiction at first although that may not have been helped by me using MPrep. Now I don’t notice. Seem well made and the company’s photo instructions were really helpful for the servicing as well as the seal fitting. I’d get some more. The only thing I don’t like is the blue colour!

So.. thinking I’ll take the plunge then instead of the standard ones from Windwave.

I think rather than worrying about what type of seal we use we should be more concerned with regular maintenance. Tim at TF Tuned once told me to put a couple of drops of fork oil on the seals(after a quick wipe) after i ride and let it work in overnight, and then compress the forks and wipe off the muck the next day. I do this a lot and it keeps the seals clean and massively reduces stiction. Dry fork seals bind to stanchions and that wears them rapidly.