Hey doods.
I'm in the process of re-doing my Sunday. It's fighting me literally every step of the way. I check the piggyback pressure 2-3x a season. I would do it more if it wasn't such a colossal pain (I have the old school setup with the threaded pin that goes thru the shock eyelet).
Anyway. I'm pretty sure I have a bad schrader valve. Can I replace this with any high pressure schrader valve, or is it special to fox or something else special?
Assuming that I replace the schrader valve, if it still won't hold air, is there an O-ring around the schrader fill valve itself? How do I get to it and replace it if so?
Finally, when there is 150 in the piggy and I cycle the shock with no spring, I can hear sounds like oil moving. Is this normal with the RC4, or should it be dead silent (indicating I have a very slight amount of air in the system?) I only hear it on the initial compression, then it goes away after a cycle or two. No dead spots in compression or rebound.
If this is not normal, and I have a very slight amount of air in the system, can I do a quick "burp" by depressurizing, submerging the front of the shock in oil, popping the bleed port, and cycling it slightly all while submerged....or do I have to go about it the other way, by exposing the IFP, covering it with a bit of oil, then popping the bleed screw?
Lastly, if I do it that way, what should the IFP be? 9.5X3.0....My service stuff only goes up to 2008.
THANKS SO f'ing much guys. Pulling something good out of this mess will be a plus.
In the meantime, I'm off to track down some bearing setting compound per Udi's instructions to make this Sunday run another couple seasons.
Hunter.
I'm in the process of re-doing my Sunday. It's fighting me literally every step of the way. I check the piggyback pressure 2-3x a season. I would do it more if it wasn't such a colossal pain (I have the old school setup with the threaded pin that goes thru the shock eyelet).
Anyway. I'm pretty sure I have a bad schrader valve. Can I replace this with any high pressure schrader valve, or is it special to fox or something else special?
Assuming that I replace the schrader valve, if it still won't hold air, is there an O-ring around the schrader fill valve itself? How do I get to it and replace it if so?
Finally, when there is 150 in the piggy and I cycle the shock with no spring, I can hear sounds like oil moving. Is this normal with the RC4, or should it be dead silent (indicating I have a very slight amount of air in the system?) I only hear it on the initial compression, then it goes away after a cycle or two. No dead spots in compression or rebound.
If this is not normal, and I have a very slight amount of air in the system, can I do a quick "burp" by depressurizing, submerging the front of the shock in oil, popping the bleed port, and cycling it slightly all while submerged....or do I have to go about it the other way, by exposing the IFP, covering it with a bit of oil, then popping the bleed screw?
Lastly, if I do it that way, what should the IFP be? 9.5X3.0....My service stuff only goes up to 2008.
THANKS SO f'ing much guys. Pulling something good out of this mess will be a plus.
In the meantime, I'm off to track down some bearing setting compound per Udi's instructions to make this Sunday run another couple seasons.
Hunter.