Red Rubber Grease Fork Seals
Castrol red rubber grease 57gm 2 oz.
Red rubber grease fork seals. 100 pure genuine for brake caliper piston seals and boots corrosion and oxidation resistant meets lucas girling ts 2 34 04 spec. There was a report of regular grease gumming up the valve body. All stated fork oil for the seal before installing. I got a small tin of k12 red rubber grease for about 3 50 on amazon small tin but goes a long way on bike forks.
It is also a good choice for use on brake caliper rebuild jobs. Stendec fork grease i. Castrol red rubber grease. The op asked about installing the fork seal.
Do not apply it directly to the oil seals as you don t want dirt kept around. Castrol red rubber grease 114 gm 4 oz. 100 pure genuine for brake caliper piston seals and boots corrosion and oxidation resistant meets lucas girling ts 2 34 04 spec. For this reason a sachet of the red grease comes as a standard part of quality brake clutch and motorcycle fork oil seal and.
I use silkolene red grease rg7 or something. Red rubber grease is the best thing imo ime to lube the seals on brakes that use dot fluid. I understand the trick if u will of grease btw the seals however what i have used is not grease but a piece of weatherstrip felt soaked in fork oil which is installed around the fork and behind the dust seal. I may end up replacing the calipers but first i m trying the new.
I ve done it that way many times. The pyramid parts red rubber grease is specifically designed to grab dust and dirt that passes via your dust seals boot and keep it there avoiding it getting through to the fork oil seals we recommend that the grease is spread evenly on the underside of your fork dust seals boots not on the oil seals. Red rubber grease is used in the automotive industry in hydraulic and braking systems to protect lubricate rubber bushes seals and o rings. Going to put new pads on the 330i tonight one is not working as well as the other as the car pulls to one side under braking.
With such a wide range of greases available on the market today it is important you are choosing the right grease for the right job. The excess oil seaps past the dust seal. One of the members that does a lot of suspension work uses a special grease made by ohlins that s supposed to dissolve in fork oil. Unless you know for sure the grease is compatible with fork oil i would use fork oil to lube your seals.