rear shock rebuild (tcs)

[bentvalve]

i was wanting to get a general idea about rebuilding the rear stock shock. i did a search, mostly good comments. there were a few comments about when getting the shock hot it will fade???? does it take alot of hard jumps and trails to do this? i want tcs to redo the shock, but im concerned about maybe just getting a new one if redoing one does not last. let me know any experiences that you have had. thanks don russell

[letsgetthisdone]

If you ride fast over rough terrain (decent sized whoops/ruts, bumps etc), it will fade. Mine fades horribly after about 30 minutes of fast riding in the desert, it basically turns into a pogostick. In the dunes it doesn't fade because the the dune are relatively smooth and I'm not constanly using the full travel of the shock like I am in the desert. If I were to do it again I would save the $400 to go towards an aftermarket shock. You won't notice it fade too much (if at all) when jumping because you're not repeatedly slamming the piston through the oil like when you're blitzing a whoop section.

 

And any shock will fade if you get it too hot (shocks have a normal operating temp, they don't stay at room temp while you're riding), but the aftermarket shocks have larger bodies and larger resivoirs which hold more oil. This helps them dissipate heat better and not get hot to the point where they fade.

[wheatez]

i second that just save the money and buy aftermarket rear set up for u..

[racer]

food for thought. I rebuilt my rear shock myself with a racetech kit. that kit is not much different than what anyone else is going to give you; and with only $200 in it, its a lot cheaper than a new rear assembly from elka...

 

plus once you have done it once, any other shock is just going to get easier and easier, no reason to pay big money when you can do it your self. you say theirs may work better, well you can b uy a TON of shims and shock oil to make yours work just as well before you stack up to the $1000 price tag of a new new elka.

 

just depends on how much work you want to put into it.

[letsgetthisdone]

food for thought. I rebuilt my rear shock myself with a racetech kit. that kit is not much different than what anyone else is going to give you; and with only $200 in it, its a lot cheaper than a new rear assembly from elka...

 

plus once you have done it once, any other shock is just going to get easier and easier, no reason to pay big money when you can do it your self. you say theirs may work better, well you can b uy a TON of shims and shock oil to make yours work just as well before you stack up to the $1000 price tag of a new new elka.

 

just depends on how much work you want to put into it.

 

 

 

I didn't say the stocker didn't work well, i said it faded quickly. No amount of shock tuning is goin to make that go away. :thumbsup:

[FireHead]

I didn't say the stocker didn't work well, i said it faded quickly. No amount of shock tuning is goin to make that go away. :thumbsup:

I have had an Elka and Axis rear shock fade away on me while doing some fast, rough dune riding. IMO my reworked rear from TCS is better than either of the shocks that I had from the previously mentioned comapnies. I think the Axis shock I had may have had something wrong with it, but the Elka shock I had was in good shape mechanically. The moral of the story is that any shock can fade if given the opportunity.

[BansheeDan]

I have had an Elka and Axis rear shock fade away on me while doing some fast, rough dune riding. IMO my reworked rear from TCS is better than either of the shocks that I had from the previously mentioned comapnies. I think the Axis shock I had may have had something wrong with it, but the Elka shock I had was in good shape mechanically. The moral of the story is that any shock can fade if given the opportunity.

 

i also have a tcs dual rate conversion on my stock rear...... i cant say enough good things about it

 

its very dificult to build a shock for me (125 lbs-5'4")

 

and this is by far the best ive rode on yet.

 

 

 

 

Dan

[FireHead]

i also have a tcs dual rate conversion on my stock rear...... i cant say enough good things about it

 

its very dificult to build a shock for me (125 lbs-5'4")

 

and this is by far the best ive rode on yet.

Dan

 

Wow, you don't look that small in your signature picture. :ohmy:

[SoCalinIt]

I have the TCS shock in the rear too! If fact, I just sent it back again for a rebuild... It was set up for a stock style swinger, so when I went bigger (+6) I need something a little stiffer. I should have it back shortly.

[BansheeDan]

Wow, you don't look that small in your signature picture. :ohmy:

 

 

yep 125 soakin wet with boots on.....lmao

 

 

anyone need a jockey?? :biggrin:

 

 

Dan

Edited April 24, 2007 by BansheeDan

[Michael Jackson]

wow your banshee must fly... im almost 2 of you

[SoCalinIt]

I'm over two of him! 255! LOL that thing must be a rocket ship!

[racer]

I didn't say the stocker didn't work well, i said it faded quickly. No amount of shock tuning is goin to make that go away. :thumbsup:

i agree, just tossin out ideas.

[FireHead]

i agree, just tossin out ideas.

Speaking of 125lbs. people and tossing out ideas. May be we could have a midget throwing contest? We used to have Canadian tossing contest when we went up to the bars in Canada when I was in college.

[racer]

Speaking of 125lbs. people and tossing out ideas. May be we could have a midget throwing contest?

I agree, it should resemble the keg throwing contest at world's strongest man. so we need 10 midgets of equal weight and a 15 foot high fence.