fork seals,what best?

yep, as the topic says,what brand is best?
it seems every expert i talk to ,has a better than stock seal.
i know it is pretty hard to get any fork seal to last when you ride it through the mud & crap all the time + the upside down forks don't seem to last like the old right way up forks,but hey, i thought i would just ask the question & see what everyone is using?
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yeah thanks for the respose people.
yeah mine is the 1st of 48mm wp forks bushy.
everyones recomendations are taken into consideration. i will be trying another brand next time if i still get the same out of these.
this time i'm trying "ari" fork seals,they are italian,the sale pitch on them sound good,but so do they all. :|
when i think about it now :idea: , i should have put a different brand of seal in each leg.
that would have been best to judge the longevity.
the last fork seals were through technic suspension & i wouldn't say i've had the best run out of them.
i only got about 8 months out of both sides. :cry:
and yes the chrome on the legs are still good & no stone chips.+ i have always run the "stubbie coolers" on them to wipe the dirt/mud off, & cleaned under them after every ride.
the only thing i think that could have gave them a premature death,was the air gap at 90mm.
i don't think they would be hydraulic locking @ that, but i'm probably relying too much on the air spring.maybe too much pressure for the seals to handle.i will go up a spring rate & increase the air gap,just to take a bit of load off the seals.
anyway lads i'm here for the long haul.... so i will let you all know how they go.
cheers..weed..
ari on left /original centre/ technic right

BERGBRO said:

10500 kms and 145hrs still on original seals. regular oil changes.
feels like steering bearings loose but it is acctually the forks (top bush) loose so I am gonna hafta pull em down whilst rebuilding bike.

popeye... do you add air to your forks to boost spring rate? mine have bleeder valves to relieve posative pressure which makes the forks alot more compliant. (as the air heats up the pressure increases which tends to make forks rigid rather than compliant.

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yeah bro,i have bleeder valves,which i bleed all the time.
yeah i don't think that is the problem.the best i can do,is do what chas says,after every ride.
wals 07 550 berg has the same problem & i pretty sure he has been using the std wp seals.
another mate has a 510 husky & the fork seals on that thing are always leaking.he just can't stop it.they are worse that wp.
i had a look at it last time he had them off & he runs bleeders(so its not air pressure) & the bushes seem quite alright(so its not that).
must admit, i seem to be getting a bit better life out the seals than wals 07 550 ,but not much more,but certainly better than the husky, but then again i've been running the stubbie coolers & they haven't.
bushy, that rick from mx tech,didn't reply you with a brand of those (super seals), but i suppose he won't give that away will he?
those skf seals sounds good by the sale pitch too.less sticksion...but does that mean they are going to let more $hit in? dunno?
tell ya what,i hardly had any problems with my old xr600 (right way up forks),but then again it was like riding a wet sack of patatos over the big stuff.
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