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Marshy
15-12-2013, 12:24 PM
Servicing a rear shock from an R6 today. Check out the oil.... It's soooo full of gas that it looks like champagne! It's not going to be doing any damping in this state. You're essentially riding around on the spring.

Most OEM shocks are actually pretty good when freshly serviced. But they leak gas into the oil over time, so they end up with almost no gas pressure and badly aerated oil. Both mean they aren't doing much damping.

http://tarmactalk.com/images/shockoil1.jpg

http://tarmactalk.com/images/shockoil2.jpg

http://tarmactalk.com/images/shockoil3.jpg

http://tarmactalk.com/images/shockoil4.jpg

Mazabuzz
15-12-2013, 12:45 PM
Wow, that's amazing. I never though it could get that bad. I guess that's why zeno said you should service your dampening every year

Phat3R
15-12-2013, 04:40 PM
That's very creamy ... was that off an R6 trackie? Owner will notice a difference. I should service mine ... done nothing to it in a year and T1 really works the suspension these dayz.

dan
18-12-2013, 01:25 PM
Funny you should post this now - I was just on the tools / bashing shit with an angle grinder making a backyard spring compressor!

Marshy
19-12-2013, 09:30 AM
Funny you should post this now - I was just on the tools / bashing shit with an angle grinder making a backyard spring compressor!

How-to thread, please!!! I need to make a rear spring compressor.....

dan
19-12-2013, 09:32 AM
How-to thread, please!!! I need to make a rear spring compressor.....

Will do. Couple of things left to do and want to make sure it works properly first.

dan
19-12-2013, 09:33 AM
Will have to do a how to on all my ghetto rigs!