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PD - It's just a remote reservoir, not an air damper, it helps keep the gas cooler. I've rebuilt two and it's not hard at all aside from finding someone to gas it up after. Have you had a play with the spring and damping calculator on the Racetech website? I reckon some of the off road suspension guys in the UK must carry a bunch of their stuff in stock but if you need I can post it from here, they're only up the road.
By the by, all my off road forks and shocks have ended up with lighter oil in than stock. I think I ended up with 3.5w in the XR on the advice of Precision Concepts (who built all the winning Baja bikes.) Oh and shock oil is different from fork oil....I now have an expensive shelf of shock oil I was planning on using in forks too....
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PD - It's just a remote reservoir, not an air damper, it helps keep the gas cooler. I've rebuilt two and it's not hard at all aside from finding someone to gas it up after.
Yea there’s the compression adjustment, and the air bladder on it, but otherwise it’s pretty simple construction. There’s a tutorial online, but I’m wondering about getting the offroad race guy to do the work since he’ll have the tools and oils ready to go.
Have you had a play with the spring and damping calculator on the
Racetech website?I have, but only briefly as I failed to understand it.
I reckon some of the off road suspension guys in the UK must carry a bunch of their stuff in stock but if you need I can
post it from here, they're only up the road.‘Shock Tech’ seem to be their distributor here, that’s who the suspension guy told me to call for the parts if I wanted anything specific.
Thanks for the offer though - if I can’t get it here I may take you up on that.
By the by, all my off road forks and shocks have ended up with lighter oil in than stock. I think I ended up with 3.5w in the XR on the advice of Precision Concepts (who built all the winning Baja bikes.)
Ah good to know
Oh and shock oil is different from fork oil....I now have an expensive
shelf of shock oil I was planning on using in forks too....Oof. Also good to know
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It’s external nitrogen/air bladder, joined to the oil shock by a small banjo. Like this photo from ebay.
I spoke to an offroad specialist that’s only down the road and he’s happy to make it so.
Gonna research the Race Tech Gold Valve and such, because if I’m gonna do it, I might as well get the best rebuild I can.