rmyc said:
haha.. so i didnt get how you took the shock apart? dose it just unscrew?
Front shock:
Adjust the shock to its lowest setting (or which ever way makes the shock softer).
Remove the two 14mm nuts that hold the top spring retainer on.(please use a spring compressor or point the strut away from you and impact the nut off).
Remove spring retainer, spring, bushing, 2 bump stops and dust boot.
This is what it should end up looking like:
Tap off (with flat head screw driver) outer dust cap (the shock shaft runs through this, and it covers the top of the housing).
Displayed below:
Remove the small Phillips head screw near the bottom of the housing.
Wet the end of a needle and insert the needle (like used to draw blood) into the nitrogen filled blatter.
Push down on the shaft into the housing causing all of the nitrogen to be expelled out via the needle.
Remove the needle, and store it in a safe place.
(This is where Jon comes in handy, or just another pair of hands :cheese: ) Have someone (your Jon) hold the shock housing in place, while pressing down on the inner dustcap/seal. The dustcap/seal will compress down into the shock housing about 4mm. This should be enough to remove the first of two circlips. Removing them requires a small flat head screw driver and a set of sharp angled and/or hooked picks.
Once that first circlip is out, pull up on the shaft so that the dustcap/seal clears (comes out of) the shock housing. (this is where a rag comes in handy.. because as you clear the seal/dustcap, oil kind of shoots out all over the place).
Poor out what oil you can (use a funnel and an old bottled water bottle, that's what we did).
Now the second circlip must be removed, pull up on the shock enough to get the inner seal to be accessible (keep in mind that the shaft will not completely out yet because the inner circlip is still in place), and then push down on one side of it (the inner seal) so that it's no longer flat, and you can push it down past the second circlip. Now remove the second circlip.
Poor more of the oil out, as much as you can (by pushing the shaft in, most of the oil will move to the stop of the piston, making it easy to poor out).
Now remove the shaft with the piston and upper seal on the shaft.
This is a picture of the front shock housing, where the circlips go in:
Rear struts (a bit more work):
Keep in mind that the rear strut has a shock installed inverted into a strut housing.
Adjust the strut to it's lowest setting (or which ever way makes the shock softer).
Remove the 19mm nut that hold the top spring retainer on. (Please use a spring compressor or point the strut away from you and impact the nut off).
Remove spring retainer, spring and dust boot.
This is what it should end up looking like:
Remove the 17mm nut/adjuster knob and then the 17mm nut that hold the shock into the strut housing (located on the bottom of the strut).
Spray some kind of penetrating oil in this area (the cupped area on the bottom of the strut housing where the threaded shaft sticks out) and let it work before starting the next part.
Now insert the CORRECT sized flat head screw driver (or better yet socket attachment flat head screw driver) to the end of the threaded shaft that sticks out the bottom of the strut housing. And turn it until it's completely out of the strut housing (not easy because the bottom of the strut housing is like 1" thick or more). When the threaded shaft is flush with the strut housing bottom, a flat head screw driver of the correct width and depth will need to be used to turn the threaded shaft completely out.
Now remove the shock from the strut housing (there will be a bump stop that was inside the strut housing tubing). See the picture below:
Now use a 3mm (I think 3mm) allen wrench to remove an allen bolt on the bottom of the shock (but on the top of the strut if the shock was installed in the strut housing).
Wet the end of a needle and insert the needle (like used to draw blood) into the nitrogen filled blatter.
Push down on the shaft into the housing causing all of the nitrogen to be expelled out via the needle.
Remove the needle, and store it in a safe place.
Replace the allen bolt so it does not get lost.
Tap off (with flat head screw driver) outer dust cap (the shock shaft runs through this, and it covers the top of the housing). It will look like this:
Have someone hold the shock housing in place, while pressing down on the inner dust cap/seal. It will compress down into the shock housing about 4mm. This should be enough to remove the first of two circlips. Removing them requires a small flat head screw driver and a set of sharp angled and/or hooked picks.
Once that first circlip is out, pull up on the shaft so that the dustcap/seal clears (comes out of) the shock housing. (this is where a rag comes in handy.. because as you clear the seal/dustcap, oil kind of shoots out all over the place).
Poor out what oil you can (use a funnel and an old bottled water bottle, that's what we did).
Now the second circlip must be removed, pull up on the shock enough to get the inner seal to be accessible (keep in mind that the shaft will not completely out yet because the inner circlip is still in place), and push down on one side of it so that it's no longer flat, and you can push it down past the second circlip. Now remove the second circlip.
Poor more of the oil out, as much as you can (by pushing the shaft in, most of the oil will move to the stop of the piston, making it easy to poor out).
Now remove the shaft with the piston and upper seal on the shaft.
This is a picture of the rear strut housing completely disassembled:
Ok.. any questions?
