So....

Maybe you could tell us who rebuilds OEM Softail Shocks?

 

I saw his post and on average at $135 an hour I don't think you're going to get shocks rebuilt for 35 bucks.. At first I just chose to ignore.. You got to watch his information..

 

Just to feedback to you:

1. After mounting the new screws and grind their head a bit (see pic in one of my previous posts), all seems to be fine, no collision between shock and screw. After mounting the new screws, I saw that only the left screw (as you sit on the bike) had the problem with the colission, the right one is ok.

2. The part still open is that I don't know exactly why this happened (collision between screw and shock). Maybe it was a combination between my '98 frame and a different year swing arm, also maybe different gear box plate .... I don't know

Thanks for willing to help
Marcel

 

Missing from oem shock remote bladder caps, is the Nitrogen fill ports to recharge them after you drain and change the fluid in them.
So easy to drill and tap for the fill ports, so shocks can be rebuilt with ease in the end.
[url]https://www.shockseals.com/products/4-charge-port-assembly[/img]


Also to point out, in most cases, shock itself does not need to come apart if not leaking, and its just a fluid change and nitrogen recharge in the bladder alone that is all that is needed to bring them back to factory new (or better if you need to slow the damping in them down, by using slightly thicker fork fluid).

So fork fluid to replace the old fluid, the two nitro fill ports to add to the bladder cap so they can be recharged with ease, and just need to replace the bladder cap O rings, or if system is cap with piston assembly below it that some other shock remotes use, then add in two more O rings for the piston as well.

If you don't have a nitrogen bottle to recharge the shocks in the end, than a few bucks to take the shocks down to any motorcycle shop, to have them nitrogen charge them in the end.


If shocks are leaking, then even if you have to build a shock press to pull the spring assembly to get to the rod seal to replaceit , the seals to replace the leaking seals on the shock, only a few dollars a well.
Note, so you don't get raped by dealer price (even honda that does carry the parts, any hydraulic shop supply shop will have the seal and O rings on the cheap.

Bottom line, if you can rebuild front forks, then rebuilding the rear shocks are just as easy, and don't need to pay someone to do it for you (its not rocket science that some make it out to be).
Also, this is the Evo forum, not the M8 forums, were most of those lads never once wrenched on their own bikes to begin with.
So what is this mechanic or shop rates you speak of @ $135hr, if one is wrenching on their own bikes and parts themselves?.




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Marcelm, if our going to throw the old shocks away, I'll take them and will pick up the shipping costs to me as well.
As stated, easy to rebuild and can always gift them out to someone local in the end.

 

Not everyone wants to rebuild shock absorbers (I don`t need to learn any new tricks after over 50 years as a professional mechanic), what type shop would rebuild the inside part of the shock and install a fill port?

Maybe you could do a pictorial?

 

If Marcelm decides that he wants to throw the old shocks away/sends them to me instead, not problem on a pictorial write up.


Again, the missing part of the puzzle that HD has deleted on the bladder caps up front, and why everyone thinks that the shocks are not rebuild able on the remote canister units.
https://www.shockseals.com/products/...-port-assembly


Note, the time period fill ports where the Schrader type around the time that shocks were built, but prefer the low profile needle fill ports, so you don't have someone taking an air compression to the shock bladders isntead.
https://www.shockseals.com/products/...pr_seq=uniform