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rebuild at 30,000 miles?
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<blockquote data-quote="ionbeam" data-source="post: 1247668" data-attributes="member: 277"><p>Based on performance, it was clear my rear shock was toast around 25k miles. It was ridden hard, 2-up most of the time and fully loaded. The New England roads keep the shock working all the time which generates lots of heat in the shock and it's the heat that's the killer.</p><p></p><p>To rebuild a sealed rear shock it needs to be cut apart, ideally in a jig, have the guts cleaned and replaced as necessary, refill the shock, weld it back together, it needs to be drilled for a pressurized N2 fill and then have the N2 fill sealed. The fellow that used to do this for stock shocks did some shocking things with little kiddies and will be living in secure housing for a very long time. (Really.)</p><p></p><p>If your shock works it doesn't need repair/replacement. If it is leaking oil, or if the rebound or compression damping goes away then it needs to be dealt with. It was clear that the damping on my Gen I rear shock had ceased to damp.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ionbeam, post: 1247668, member: 277"] Based on performance, it was clear my rear shock was toast around 25k miles. It was ridden hard, 2-up most of the time and fully loaded. The New England roads keep the shock working all the time which generates lots of heat in the shock and it's the heat that's the killer. To rebuild a sealed rear shock it needs to be cut apart, ideally in a jig, have the guts cleaned and replaced as necessary, refill the shock, weld it back together, it needs to be drilled for a pressurized N2 fill and then have the N2 fill sealed. The fellow that used to do this for stock shocks did some shocking things with little kiddies and will be living in secure housing for a very long time. (Really.) If your shock works it doesn't need repair/replacement. If it is leaking oil, or if the rebound or compression damping goes away then it needs to be dealt with. It was clear that the damping on my Gen I rear shock had ceased to damp. [/QUOTE]
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