Fox AirSHOX

[Oilsmoke]

My old riding buddy Had a set of Fox air Forks on his 1980 Cr250 This stuff isn't new technology.

Edited July 19, 2004 by Oilsmoke

[FireHead]

As a matter of fact I am very familiar with those vehicles (I do consulting for a SCORE 7 team). And if your read my post you will notice I said

air bag type shocks

not a nitrogen sprung shock. It is common knowledege that nitrogen is used to charge the shock, not spring it. In emulsion dampers the nitrogen is used to maintain pressure on the piston, and to prevent foaming. If you have some pictures of different SCORE and CORR cars and trucks set up with AIR BAG's I'd love to see them...

I think you and I are working on a misunderstanding. I took it as you were trying to say that the Fox Float and Air Series shocks were an air bag type shock, which they most certainly are not. I was not speaking of charging a shock with nitrogen inorder to prevent aeration in the dampening circuit. I am speaking of shock absorbers that also contain the equivalent of a mechanical spring, which in the case I speak of is nitrogen gas. I am only speaking of the Fox shock absorbers as I really don't know any thing about other brands except for King and Sway-away. I did a ton of engineering consulting work for Fox . Anyways, the pictures I have are on my snap server at home, I'll post them later this evening.

 

 

[DUNEDEMON]

I think you and I are working on a misunderstanding.

You're right, when I said "air bag type shock" I meant a shock that uses a air bladder in place of a conventional coil spring for ride height adjustment and rate / compression control. I used this as a blanket statement, please forgive the terminology (or lack there of)...