sredish Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 I needed to move the remote hose due to it rubbing on another hose and it was beginning to wear. There was no where to move it so I decided, like a dumbass, to slightly loosen the connection into the reservoir so I could rotate the hose around on the reservoir just a little to gain a different mounting angle. Well, I did loosen it a little, but in the process, I freaking let some fluid out. Not a lot, but some. How bad did this screw up the pressure inside and how bad is it gonna mess up my settings that I had set perfectly. I'll call Elka tomorrow, but i'm leaving early and won't be able to call them until I'm on the road. I did get the hosed moved, so that's good, but I'm afraid I'm gonna have to remove the shock to add oil, or add something back. I should've lifted the rear grab bar to relieve all the pressure on the shock, but I didn't cause I'm a dumbass. What do you all think that's gonna cause? Later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boonman Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 I think you should be alright. The rezzy holds extra fluid and what not.... Depending on how much you let out of course..... We talking minimal, or holy shit, I just fucked up bad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sredish Posted May 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 I think you should be alright. The rezzy holds extra fluid and what not.... Depending on how much you let out of course..... We talking minimal, or holy shit, I just fucked up bad? nah, enough to get the top of the rezzie wet but not too much, as soon as that shit came out I crammed that nut back so fast, to hell with where the cable ended up. It actually ended up perfect, but total f'ing luck. I totally knew better, but it was one of those logic out the window things. I was fretting over the hose rubbing a hole through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frocashmoney24 Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 (edited) yea i'd like to hear to, but ive heard that if you let allitle out its allrgiht, but when a bunch of that shit goes, there goes the shock so you hve to send it back in Edited May 17, 2004 by frocashmoney24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sredish Posted May 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2004 Eric @ Elka told me as long as I didn't lose more than 2 teaspoons of the oil then it should be fine and operate no different. I think I lost between 1 and 2 teaspoons worth. He also said that I need to find a local shop that can recharge the nitrogen back up to exactly 150 psi. So, appears to be no big prob. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Duece Posted May 17, 2004 Report Share Posted May 17, 2004 yeah thats what i thought....you can play with the oil level, but the nitrogen charge needs to be a certain psi regardless of the oil level, cool so your back in action.....i would look for someone local that can service them every so often, i pay my guy 75 bucks and he will replace the oil and charge all 3 of my elkas for me, i dont know if thats a good price or not but his shop is 5 minutes from my house so it works out well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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