krullz

Yo again. THe Traxxas REvo comes with stock shock cap ends [part # 5465]. They come with a small hole to bleed the shock oil when you are rebuilding them. Well my problem is that I purchased the aluminum cap ends by Integy. They have no bleed hole. I suppose after getting the air out of theshocks normaly , I can oil down the rubber cap, [part #4362] then cap off the shocks like that, then screw the aluminum cap on. But there will be no bleeding action. Is this they way to do it? Is there a beter method?

Thank you Krullz

sweetbutterfly

Blackdogafd (My husband) says to try bleeding it with the stock caps on. When you are done bleeding the shocks, put the aluminum caps on. Then finish installing the shocks. Not really sure if that is the way to do it, but he does not have aluminum caps on his Revo. But we wanted to try and help you. Hopefully someone will write and help you out tomorrow. But until then this is the best answer we have.

Jennifer

125cchyperman

Ok you have entered the realm of shock building. It wil involve a lot of oil, some messes and a lot of waiting around. Wecome to the club this will get very boring and at somtimes you will even leav the room to go watch tv or do something else.


Ok this is how it's done. What i like to do is take the heim end off of the shock shaft. That the little thing at the end of the shock shaft with the little rotating eye. Then take the shock shaft completely out. Clean all the old oil out with a paper towel. Although I would recomend using tissue paper as it is less abrasive. Then put the shock shaft back in the shock body and slap on the heim end. Then fill the shock body with oil, HERE COMES THE FUN PART. Dont fill the shock body with oil to the very tippy top as it will be even more messy. Then slowly work the shock shaft up and down, but do not get the piston to come out of the shock oil as this will defeat the purpose. This will get soe of the air out but if you allow the piston to come out of the oil then when you put the piston back in the oil it will take air with it. Do a couple of strokes up and down with the shock shaft very slowly. It will tell you when you are going to fast. Just watch out. then add some more oil fibd some kind of stand and place in on there and let it sit for a while. Im talking about 2 hours. This will allow the air to come up and escape and you should have little to no air in there. The very carefully place the shock cap back on the shock body and clean it all up and put the retaining caps back on then the springs and you have yourself a like new shock. Then do that 8 more times and you will be all set.


By the way I will tell you what happens if your moving the shaft up and down to fast. It's not so much the up movement but more of the going down motion that will cause this. The shock oil will shot out at you causing a huge mess. It will come out of the piston's holes and will shoot up very quickly and will cause quit the mess. Just make sure to have plenty of paper towels or clean rags near by and have a clean work place. there's nothing worse then rebiulding a shock then have a piece of debree get in the shock body and either scar the shock body internals or even worse jam the piston against the shock body and until you notice that something is wrong it is already to late.


Just take your time and everything will come out nice and the way you wanted it. Just make sure to get all the air out as this is your enemy in shock rebuilding. Or you could simply drill holed in your nice shock caps and tap them. This would be simple and easy and would easier for you in the long run. But it is up to you and weather you feel comfortable in drilling holes in your new shock shafts.