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No idea about rebuild time but suspect it is diyable. Might be cheaper just to but a new shock.
Was told that moisure in the air can damage the shocks, so used to refill them at tyre places that filled car tyres with nitrogen, cheapest accessable source.
lynx-
It is indeed DIY-able but not sure I want to, for the marginal cost of someone else taking the risks instead.
Yea I appreciate the moisture can damage it, but if it’s leaking anyway, it won’t make any odds.
If it’s not leaking, then I can let out all the air mix asap and refill with nitrogen. Maybe even cycle through a pump/eject a couple times. Bear in mind, someone else may have filled it with air previously and that’s why it dropped over time so much.
All the same, if it’s rebuild-time, any damage will soon become apparent.
pdlouche
Rebuild time… I guess it had been this low since I bought it two years ago, I was too green to know better. Should be 142 by the manual but people have gone up to 180psi according to online posts.
Dry nitrogen yes!! However, I’ve filled it with the little shock pump, to see if it will hold the air.
Hoping that it will hold the air okay, and I can maybe just ask somewhere with a dry nitrogen tank to refill it and avoid a rebuild for a few more months.
If I rebuild, I need to order the gold valve and other bling bits from USA - that means a delay of weeks at least.