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rebuilding works shocks


MAICK

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that is perfect thank you very much. i ordered some oil and seals today. so it should go pretty easy i think

 

Works shocks are very easy to rebuild, just one thing to remember when adding the nitrogen, i usually over fill by 2 pounds because when you knock off the charging valve i have at least have noticed a 2 pound drop when re-checking the pressure.

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cool thanks man. i was just wondering how long do you guys get on a shock rebuild. i bought mine about 3 years ago. i thought they would of lasted a little longer than they did. although all i ride is sand, so i would imagine that plays hell on the shaft seals

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cool thanks man. i was just wondering how long do you guys get on a shock rebuild. i bought mine about 3 years ago. i thought they would of lasted a little longer than they did. although all i ride is sand, so i would imagine that plays hell on the shaft seals

 

Well my shocks building experience mainly comes from my sprint car racing days (penske and advanced shocks), which i would rebuild every couple months (i would dyno them each month to check consistency or after a nasty crash).

 

From what I've seen so far with the works shocks, as long as they don't bottom or top out and you keep the shafts nick free they last quite a while, sand tho like you said can play havoc on shaft seals, hell sand can play havoc period on any seal. 3 year sounds like a good life span to me, from what i'm used too

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