Gas shocks...need oil in the casing?

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Gas shocks...need oil in the casing?

Postby no_8wire » Thu Dec 28, 2006 1:25 pm

As above...for cartridge gas shocks do they need oil in the casing ( that you put them in)?

Just wondering if my very very firm shocks at the back are because they are just hard shocks(gymkhana kybs), or if I put it together wrong?
As in you cant push down the back...
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Postby mr30%jr » Thu Dec 28, 2006 6:36 pm

you should have primed the shocks in the casing before you installed them in the car....

no they dont need oil there a oem insert
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Postby Bling » Thu Dec 28, 2006 6:48 pm

mr30%jr wrote:you should have primed the shocks in the casing before you installed them in the car....


what does this mean? i'm going to be replacing inserts soon so would be handy to know
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Postby mr30%jr » Thu Dec 28, 2006 6:56 pm

get them out of the pack and get them in the casing etc then sit the top hat on them and fully compress them then decompress, repeat 4-5 times. then install springs and tophats and dont let shocks sit horizontal or youl have to prime them again


rory if you had primed them you would have verified they were working when you installed them in the case if they didnt move at all youve fuxed them
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Postby no_8wire » Thu Dec 28, 2006 9:41 pm

nah they were working...tested them when I was putting them in
must just be hard...
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Postby craigt » Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:10 pm

You can put some oil inside the strut tubes if you want, if you are racing the car the inserts can get very hot. Leaving some oil inside the tube aids in heat transfer to the body of the strut and therfore better cooling.
If it doesn't fit, force it.
If it breaks it needed replacing anyway!

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Postby Pies » Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:12 pm

u get these off eritate?

had these in my sw20 (now eritates) and yes they are $&#$% hard shocks. $&#$% hard. real $&#$% hard. $&#$%

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Postby no_8wire » Fri Dec 29, 2006 8:41 am

nah I didnt pies...got these off another person...
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