Comments on: Fox TALAS Forks – Wiper Seal maintenance

By: Dude

Dude — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:27:10 +0000

If its a open bath damper, then you have to put 150-160 ml on the right side!!

By: Alan

Alan — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:08:57 +0000

In reply to Paul.

Yep, I’d worked that out and that’s what I’ve been doing during my routine wiper seal maintenance 10ml (or thereabouts) in the Talas side, 5ml in the non-Talas side.

Al.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:47:24 +0000

One other thing from your article, it’s 10ml in the Talas side and 5ml in the other side. The reason for that is not much oil falls out of the non-talas side as it all fall back into the stanchion but there’s nothing to keep it in the Talas side when you take the leg off so more drains out.

Paul

By: Alan

Alan — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:44:56 +0000

In reply to Paul.

Thanks Paul – You’re right, it does sound scary and with so many versions of the Fox Forks I always find it difficult to know which ones I’ve got from their list! I’ll give it a go soon though.

Al.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:40:06 +0000

Check here for oil volumes as it depends on your fork…

http://service.foxracingshox.com/consumers/Content/Service/oil_volumes.htm

Float fluid for the wiper seals as per your normal clean and suspension oil to fill them up. Just put the bike the right way up and let the oil drain out. You’ll have to cycle the oil out of the Talas side (if yours are Talas that is) with a small allen key. That’s really easy to do though. Then just them back together and top them up with the right level of oil.

Sounds scary but it’s no different to cleaning the seals, you just put more oil back in.

Paul

By: Alan

Alan — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 07:16:45 +0000

In reply to Paul.

Cheers Paul – Will do that next time – How much oil do you need to put back in and is is the suspension fluid or the float fluid?

Al.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:08:37 +0000

I’ve been changing the oil on mine every other time I clean the seals
As I think just cleaning the seals and then topping up with 5m and 10mm each side will eventually result in the wrong oil levels and you could end up with the forks “stuck down”.

It’s really easy to do to be honest, just need to get all the oil out of the Talas side using a small screw driver or something to free the oil from the lower leg. Then top it all back up to the correct level.

Paul

By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:36:26 +0000

I did a wiper seal service on my forks and rear shock again at the weekend. I’ve been doing them fairly regularly to keep them in tip top condition but might send them off for a proper (full) service next time.

Al.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:29:58 +0000

I spoke to MOJO this morning after having to have my stanchions replaced due to the annoying wear that seems to be the norm on Fox forks and they said it’s a good idea to replace the oil on the Talas side when you clean the seals to prevent the wear.

Whether this is true or not I don’t know. Looks easy to do however just thought I’d see if someone else had tried.

By: Alan

Alan — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:08:59 +0000

In reply to Paul.

Hi Paul,
Not yet I haven’t… Whenever I’ve done the wiper seal maintenance the oil in the TALAS side looks OK. Some drips out which is then replenished later but I haven’t seen a need to replace all of it.

I did do a wiper seal maintenance again the other day though, this time putting 5ml of fluid into the non-TALAS side and topped the TALAS side up with 10ml.
Al.