I am rebuilding my shocks now
02-09-2010, 05:11 PM
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I am rebuilding my shocks now
I have [link=http://www.rc-car-online-shop.de/cgi-bin/cosmoshop/lshop.cgi?action=showdetail&wkid=31362&ls=d&nc=1265753091-31370&rubnum=&artnum=fg_6480&file=&gesamt_zeilen=0TsucheSto%DFd%E4mpfer]this type[/link] and i am about to pour the oil into them.And here comes the question;shall i top them up with the piston in the bottom position in the housing,and then put the bladder on so the rest (read:the volume of the bladder) will pour out?I know the rest about air bubbles and all that...
02-09-2010, 08:24 PM
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RE: I am rebuilding my shocks now
What I usually try to do.
Piston at the bottom, fill it half way and slowly move the shaft up and down in the oil (yea...yea... stop the snickering)
You do it slowly so you don't create bubbles but let the air out from under the piston. Pull the piston back to the bottom, and fill the rest of the way up. put the bladder on the body so that it's a perfect fit, not to much oil and it's leaking every where, not to little so that it's not touching the bladder. just touching the bladder. Put the cap on and tighten. The idea is to have the shock full, with no air and when the piston moves through it's stroke, the bladder compensates for the increased volume of displaced oil from the shock shaft.
Piston at the bottom, fill it half way and slowly move the shaft up and down in the oil (yea...yea... stop the snickering)
You do it slowly so you don't create bubbles but let the air out from under the piston. Pull the piston back to the bottom, and fill the rest of the way up. put the bladder on the body so that it's a perfect fit, not to much oil and it's leaking every where, not to little so that it's not touching the bladder. just touching the bladder. Put the cap on and tighten. The idea is to have the shock full, with no air and when the piston moves through it's stroke, the bladder compensates for the increased volume of displaced oil from the shock shaft.
02-09-2010, 11:47 PM
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RE: I am rebuilding my shocks now
ORIGINAL: Bob-Stormer
What I usually try to do.
Piston at the bottom, fill it half way and slowly move the shaft up and down in the oil (yea...yea... stop the snickering) You do it slowly so you don't create bubbles but let the air out from under the piston. Pull the piston back to the bottom, and fill the rest of the way up. put the bladder on the body so that it's a perfect fit, not to much oil and it's leaking every where, not to little so that it's not touching the bladder. just touching the bladder. Put the cap on and tighten. The idea is to have the shock full, with no air and when the piston moves through it's stroke, the bladder compensates for the increased volume of displaced oil from the shock shaft.
What I usually try to do.
Piston at the bottom, fill it half way and slowly move the shaft up and down in the oil (yea...yea... stop the snickering)
You do it slowly so you don't create bubbles but let the air out from under the piston. Pull the piston back to the bottom, and fill the rest of the way up. put the bladder on the body so that it's a perfect fit, not to much oil and it's leaking every where, not to little so that it's not touching the bladder. just touching the bladder. Put the cap on and tighten. The idea is to have the shock full, with no air and when the piston moves through it's stroke, the bladder compensates for the increased volume of displaced oil from the shock shaft.
