Rockshox Quadra Help

[nporternz]

Hi - i have some 1993 quadras with the shock boots on - i never found them that useful aesthetically speaking but can i remove them or are they actually there because the seals are poo!

 

[Pickle]

No, they can come of and you can run the forks 'naked'!

All new forks now tend to be bootless.

 

[nporternz]

Cheers pickle

I know all new forks come bootless but thougt the rockshox forks might have seals that disintergrate in water like manitou seem to have done in the last 3 years!!!

 

[Pickle]

I ran Manitou's, Pro-Circuit and Rock Shox through the mid 90's.

My Rock Shox (Quadra's actually ) ran boots, but the Manitou's and Pro-Circuit's didn't and I didn't have any ill effects as a result.

I would say as long as you keep them clean and serviced there shouldnt be any problems.

 

[stevemar]

i dont think the quadras have a seal in them like a mag 21 would have---its just the upper sliding into the bushing---i remember reading reviews where water got in them and more or less turned them into a "rigid" fork---i imagine you could somehow use a mag 21 style seal on top if you wanted

 

[shovelon]

i dont think the quadras have a seal in them like a mag 21 would have---its just the upper sliding into the bushing---i remember reading reviews where water got in them and more or less turned them into a "rigid" fork---i imagine you could somehow use a mag 21 style seal on top if you wanted

That actually happened to me once, with boots on doing river crossings. Would have siezed up sooner without the boots. Took a complete dissembly and regreasing.