KYB Shock Rebuild

[mbeach]

Awesome News!!!
Thanks for doing the legwork on this. It might be worth a roadtrip for me.

[mbeach]

Updates on this? I have 8 shocks lying around that need some TLC.

[VR4-Quest]

Had the fronts done. Basically one was bad, somehow all the nitro charge leaked out (and it was only a year old), had the other one done just so they would be the same. The valves were replaced, seals, and the shock fluid and nitro charge. I asked them to use the heaviest shock fluid they could to stiffen them a little more than stock, and it seems like they might be a little. All in all, they turned out great! They even did a nice job of cleaning the shock. The one thing is the original top cap gets damaged when removed, since the add a schrader valve to recharge. all parts are returned, so I simply put it back on, although it sits a little higher up, and resealed it with silicone. Its awesome if you like the feel of the OE shocks. He can also retune them if you wish. I plan on doing the rears just to make them a little stiffer and cause they are the orignals (although not blown yet).
Cost was about $300 for both plus shipping.
I highly recommend Bruce's Suspensions, tell him I sent you (Mike Skurich).
He will know exactly what to do.

[Tone]

Pictures? Sealed what with silicone?

[VR4-Quest]

You know how our shocks have a dissimilar metal (and color) cap on the top of the resevoir, well this is removed to insert a shrader valve to recharge them, so you need to press the cap back on and seal it with silicone (or clamp on a protective rubber end cap (pipe end cap from Lowes, Home Depot).

[Hotsauce]

That sounds like a No-Hub cap. I don't see any way one of those could hold pressure. Theres close to 200 psi in our shocks.

Are there any pictures of a rebuilt VX shock?

John C.

[Maugan_VX]

shrader valves are a bit different.

They use them in the rock crawler nitro charged shocks.

There are shrader valves out there that can hold 4500psi without breaking a sweat. HPA systems for paintball guns