05-04-12, 10:49 AM
Drilling a hole into the top of the shock body and emptying out existing oil.
Welding a schrader valve onto the area that was drilled.
Pressurising the shock through the schrader valve - not sure if it's done through oil only or with gas too.
Eventually the shock will go off but because of the valve it can easily be re-done again and again, in effect allowing a non-rebuildable shock to be used repeatedly.
A very practical and cost effective solution; my only concern would be the legality from an insurance point of view in the event of a payout? F***ers would probably try & weasel out because of 'modified / non-standard suspension parts'.....
Welding a schrader valve onto the area that was drilled.
Pressurising the shock through the schrader valve - not sure if it's done through oil only or with gas too.
Eventually the shock will go off but because of the valve it can easily be re-done again and again, in effect allowing a non-rebuildable shock to be used repeatedly.
A very practical and cost effective solution; my only concern would be the legality from an insurance point of view in the event of a payout? F***ers would probably try & weasel out because of 'modified / non-standard suspension parts'.....