Shock Bottom out bumper
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It disintegrated. My guess is old age, and I thought the shock would be toast, but a ride suggested that wasn't the case. In fact, the wheezy noise that I heard initially went away by the time I got home. I'm sure it could use a refresh and a bleed, but i don't have a vise, shaft clamps, nor RSF lying around, so by the time I acquire everything, I could have just bought a shock that is lighter and works better for another hundo.
Thread summary:
Bump stop on ancient shock is rotted
Doesn't want to spend the time and money to fix it properly
Doesn't like any half-assed solutions
Angry that everyone is withholding their secret magic bumpstop replacement tricks
3d print a new one around the shaft. problem solved.
has he met us?
Globbing some Shoe Goo at the end of the shaft could be considered additive manufacturing and would be a fine bump stop. Or maybe some Flex Seal.
I just don't want to spend $50 and wait six weeks for shipping from yurp for a half-assed solution. I'd be happy with a "buy this and cut it to size, wrap a zip tie around the center" or "buy a new BO bumper and slap some ANAL LUBE on there then slide it over the eyelet"
I did find this however, which I think will work.
I can always drill holes in it if not
The correct bump stop, a little exacto knife work and an appropriately sized c-clip would be. Similar and the correct hardware.
This thread makes my fucking brain hurt.
That is all.
That is all.
Run a 1,000lb spring so you never contact the bumper!
you've missed some other crazy sandwich ideas. makes my bad ideas seem reasonable, even drilling a carbon frame
yeah well half my terrible ideas were trying to get the evil to work out of the box as it should have...
i'm trying to think what my wackiest ones were. backwards seatpost, short shocking my current frame...
i'm trying to think what my wackiest ones were. backwards seatpost, short shocking my current frame...
the rotor cranks? or was that just industry driven standards nonsense
that was part standards, part poor labeling, and part me being a cheapskate. They were MTB cranks mislabeled as road cranks, and the Q factor was off between the two.
your entire road bike?
Wut in tarnation? Because of it's $1500 drivetrain? Or gravel bars? That things dope, it's the least hairbrained of all my bikes, aside from still running 26" wheels on my DH bike.
poor fella
whats the shaft size?
1/2"
McMaster-Carr
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clamp it with the bolts, clamp it Moar in the vice.
for Moar gripz you could grind some Flatz on the outside of the clamp to hold it in the vice.
also i have a used 1/2" bumper that i can offer instead of the sandwich i promised you.
if you're going to dunk on me, at least dunk right:foar a whopping 6$, you can clamp 1/2" shafts to your hearts desire,McMaster-Carr
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clamp it with the bolts, clamp it Moar in the vice.
for Moar gripz you could grind some Flatz on the outside of the clamp to hold it in the vice.
McMaster-Carr
McMaster-Carr is the complete source for your plant with over 595,000 products. 98% of products ordered ship from stock and deliver same or next day.
also @CrabJoe StretchPants don't even kid, you're enabling this behavior!
I think it would be more thread appropriate to drill a .5" hole into a nice piece of hardwood, and cut it in half with a thin kerfed saw.
Or even better, use a 7/16" drill bit, wallow it out a bit, use a thick table saw blade and build thickness back up with some electrical tape.
Or even better, use a 7/16" drill bit, wallow it out a bit, use a thick table saw blade and build thickness back up with some electrical tape.
Strokez MacGuyver.....I would highly recommend getting yourself a small bench vise (6"?) with soft jaw inserts. The amount you will use it for all sorts of things is staggering.
I may even have an extra one stashed under my garage workbench....
I may even have an extra one stashed under my garage workbench....
Sure enough.....if you want it, we can meet up when you're done with that shock so I can grab that and give you this. It's collecting dust otherwise. Cheapo and only 4", but perfect for small things like shock rebuilds.
No don't use that.if you're going to dunk on me, at least dunk right:
but where can I even get a legitimate bottom out bumper from?McMaster-Carr
McMaster-Carr is the complete source for your plant with over 595,000 products. 98% of products ordered ship from stock and deliver same or next day.
also @CrabJoe StretchPants don't even kid, you're enabling this behavior!
You want an aluminum one.
if you're going to dunk on me, at least dunk right:
but where can I even get a legitimate bottom out bumper from?McMaster-Carr
McMaster-Carr is the complete source for your plant with over 595,000 products. 98% of products ordered ship from stock and deliver same or next day.
also @CrabJoe StretchPants don't even kid, you're enabling this behavior!
I know of one puck head who sells them however I hate him so much ill not promote him by speaking his name.
I'll take you up on that. I need to return the shock anyways (quick experiment) and was thinking of driving up there just to get out of the house. I'd gladly take that vise off your hands if you're OK with it
Absolutely, I'll even dust it off for you and oil it. Let me know when works for you.
would you send me one?
Got any OG Wilton bullet or a Parker vice hiding back there for me?
You gotta earn it
Ftfy
sure. dm me your address.
would you send me one?