Originally Posted by
JonathanGennick
Even with an air fork, those are not the seals that hold in the air. Those seals keep sand and dirt out of the bath oil and away from the bushings. The air seals are inside the stanchions and aren't visible from the outside.
yes the outer seals seems to looks similar on both air and coil forks which only indicates they are used to keep dust from getting inside. interestingly though, the hl zoom 565 has another seal under the duster where grease is located acting as a chamber. for a low end fork I didn't expect that much protection. it seem well made to.