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Anyone tried any? Noticeable difference or snake oil? Noticed some N8tive ones on ebay.
How much friction do your current seals have
I have no idea.
Kind of the point though, do you feel like your forks are "buttery smooth"TM do you lube the stanchions? keep the current O Rings oily? Clean them and service them enough?
I bought some Push seals for my 36s. Made no noticeable difference until they failed comletely after 3 weeks.
I had Racing Bros ones in my Revs, but tbh it's impractical to make a direct comparison for most people- I replaced old stock seals with new ones and got an improvement, shock. But then you have to take into account bedding in too, you can't just compare new with new. TBH I suspect they did give an improvement but I can't say it with any certainty.
I'm going to fit a luftkappe and will need to strip the forks. Since I was on ebay buying one of those golf shaft clamps I searched for pike fork seals and noticed the low friction ones. Whilst researching the Luftkappe I saw someone else using skf ones in a service upgrade so they were on the radar. I've no problems with the current seals and they probably don't need changed. I'm mostly trying to improve the function of my fork and I'm hoping the luftkappe will do the trick but thought I'd ask about people's experiences of this type of seal. If it was worthwhile and noticeable I might consider buying them and fitting at the same time as the luftkappe.
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My take really, stock parts, stock service (mostly) puts it as snake oil for me, if your super detailed in your service and cleaning regime then maybe you can tweak a little more.
fitted SKF seals on my BOS deville, they worked fine, weather they were better or worse than the BOS originals hard to say after the service everything felt better.