This isn't a complete DIY as this has been covered before on here by phragle and these shocks are really rough and possibly gonna hit the garbage. Another thing to note is for this cleanliness is next to godliness. you are also going to want to buy stock in paper towels and brake cleaner. these things need to be perfectly clean before you disassmble them. then you're going to spend a lot of time getting ALL the old stuff out.
here's what we're starting out with, your standard Works (showa) triple rate with remote rezzie. as you can see, these things are real real rough.
first thing's first, and be careful with this, but you need to release the nitrogen from the shocks. point the shrader valve for the nitrogen into a bucket or drain pan and push the center. once the nitrogen has been released, we can disassemble the shock.
this can be tricky, on these particular shocks i was able to compress the springs on my own and then pulled the bottom cap off of it. then pulled all of the springs off, now on multiple rate springs you need to pay attention to EVERYTHING that comes off. they have "crossover rings". when the small springs compress, they close up the gap before the spring goes into bind and breaks. this is where we're at now.
this is where a vice becomes really useful, its next to impossible to do this without one.
Put the shock in the vice, clamp where the shock mounts NOT THE BODY.
Now for the part that's a little tricky. how do you get that seal head out without blowing 40 bucks on the special tool? a pipe wrench will tear it up in a hurry if its applied straight to it.
the answer.
get a piece of 2 inch galvanized pipe. then drill and tap a hole for a 1/4 inch bolt. how pretty you make it is up to you, here's what I came up with.
the bolt goes into the hole you can see here
and you put them together for this
now you can use your pipe wrench on this without worrying about scarring up that seal head.
here is what will come out of there.
Now let's move on to the shock rezzie
here's a picture of the top of it, use a small hammer and a screwdriver or something similar to tap the inner part down a little bit to reveal the snap ring, then remove the snap ring. in this pic i've already gotten it beaten down and the snap ring out, you can see the groove it rides in. once you remove that, grab the hex part around the shrader valve and pull the bladder out. this can be pretty stiff, just take your time as you're pulling it up and out.
here's what will come up out of there, here you can see the really nasty shock oil that was in there. this stuff smelled horrible and was broken down past any point of being recognizable
and a picture of the stuff still in there
here's what we're starting out with, your standard Works (showa) triple rate with remote rezzie. as you can see, these things are real real rough.
first thing's first, and be careful with this, but you need to release the nitrogen from the shocks. point the shrader valve for the nitrogen into a bucket or drain pan and push the center. once the nitrogen has been released, we can disassemble the shock.
this can be tricky, on these particular shocks i was able to compress the springs on my own and then pulled the bottom cap off of it. then pulled all of the springs off, now on multiple rate springs you need to pay attention to EVERYTHING that comes off. they have "crossover rings". when the small springs compress, they close up the gap before the spring goes into bind and breaks. this is where we're at now.
this is where a vice becomes really useful, its next to impossible to do this without one.
Put the shock in the vice, clamp where the shock mounts NOT THE BODY.
Now for the part that's a little tricky. how do you get that seal head out without blowing 40 bucks on the special tool? a pipe wrench will tear it up in a hurry if its applied straight to it.
the answer.
get a piece of 2 inch galvanized pipe. then drill and tap a hole for a 1/4 inch bolt. how pretty you make it is up to you, here's what I came up with.
the bolt goes into the hole you can see here
and you put them together for this
now you can use your pipe wrench on this without worrying about scarring up that seal head.
here is what will come out of there.
Now let's move on to the shock rezzie
here's a picture of the top of it, use a small hammer and a screwdriver or something similar to tap the inner part down a little bit to reveal the snap ring, then remove the snap ring. in this pic i've already gotten it beaten down and the snap ring out, you can see the groove it rides in. once you remove that, grab the hex part around the shrader valve and pull the bladder out. this can be pretty stiff, just take your time as you're pulling it up and out.
here's what will come up out of there, here you can see the really nasty shock oil that was in there. this stuff smelled horrible and was broken down past any point of being recognizable
and a picture of the stuff still in there
