Rear air shock oil change.
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Rear air shock oil change.
I took a 200 mile ride yesterday,so I know very much how my bike rides, I had 35 pounds of air in the shocks.
I bought some Lucas 5 wt shock oil , and some Lucas oil stabilizer I mixed one oz with the 9oz of shock oil, to make it 7.5 wt or very close to it.
I used a mighty vac to suck the oil out of the shocks, I found a 1/8th inch pipe thread brake bleeder, and put the mighty vac on it ,and sucked the oil out while having the shock upside down ,once the shock was empty, I filled the cup on the vac pulled a vacuum and let the new fluid in , very easy , then took a ride with 10 pounds of air in the shocks, they performed very well, I think this was well worth the money,and time.
I think I may have to go up a few pounds when the wife rides, but we will see.
I bought some Lucas 5 wt shock oil , and some Lucas oil stabilizer I mixed one oz with the 9oz of shock oil, to make it 7.5 wt or very close to it.
I used a mighty vac to suck the oil out of the shocks, I found a 1/8th inch pipe thread brake bleeder, and put the mighty vac on it ,and sucked the oil out while having the shock upside down ,once the shock was empty, I filled the cup on the vac pulled a vacuum and let the new fluid in , very easy , then took a ride with 10 pounds of air in the shocks, they performed very well, I think this was well worth the money,and time.
I think I may have to go up a few pounds when the wife rides, but we will see.
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I use two empty 1qt gear oil containers. the tips screw right into the threads of the shock holes. I put the shocks with the containers screwed in into a home depot orange paint bucket and let it sit over night. The fluid drains right into the shock with no pumping and humping. draining is the oposite with out the container....same oranage bucket...a brick in the bucket...shocks with no air fittings standing up hole end down....let it sit over night...everything drains...no humping and pumping.
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I use two empty 1qt gear oil containers. the tips screw right into the threads of the shock holes. I put the shocks with the containers screwed in into a home depot orange paint bucket and let it sit over night. The fluid drains right into the shock with no pumping and humping. draining is the oposite with out the container....same oranage bucket...a brick in the bucket...shocks with no air fittings standing up hole end down....let it sit over night...everything drains...no humping and pumping.
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I took a 200 mile ride yesterday,so I know very much how my bike rides, I had 35 pounds of air in the shocks.
I bought some Lucas 5 wt shock oil , and some Lucas oil stabilizer I mixed one oz with the 9oz of shock oil, to make it 7.5 wt or very close to it.
I used a mighty vac to suck the oil out of the shocks, I found a 1/8th inch pipe thread brake bleeder, and put the mighty vac on it ,and sucked the oil out while having the shock upside down ,once the shock was empty, I filled the cup on the vac pulled a vacuum and let the new fluid in , very easy , then took a ride with 10 pounds of air in the shocks, they performed very well, I think this was well worth the money,and time.
I think I may have to go up a few pounds when the wife rides, but we will see.
I bought some Lucas 5 wt shock oil , and some Lucas oil stabilizer I mixed one oz with the 9oz of shock oil, to make it 7.5 wt or very close to it.
I used a mighty vac to suck the oil out of the shocks, I found a 1/8th inch pipe thread brake bleeder, and put the mighty vac on it ,and sucked the oil out while having the shock upside down ,once the shock was empty, I filled the cup on the vac pulled a vacuum and let the new fluid in , very easy , then took a ride with 10 pounds of air in the shocks, they performed very well, I think this was well worth the money,and time.
I think I may have to go up a few pounds when the wife rides, but we will see.
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Bill
This is right up my alley. Can't afford new shocks and would like to do the same thing. Would you mind, when you have time, to break this down for me and any others that haven't attempted something like this. Maybe a step by step. There will be a little extra under the old Christmas tree for ya, lol. Would appreciate it.
This is right up my alley. Can't afford new shocks and would like to do the same thing. Would you mind, when you have time, to break this down for me and any others that haven't attempted something like this. Maybe a step by step. There will be a little extra under the old Christmas tree for ya, lol. Would appreciate it.