How often to oil shocks?
08-06-2007, 12:39 PM
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How often to oil shocks?
How often should I be oiling my shocks? I have a buggy and a NTC3. It seems on of my rear shocks on the tc3 has lost a lot of rebound is this due to a dirty shock/low oil?
08-06-2007, 12:42 PM
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RE: How often to oil shocks?
Could be...I race so the state of my shocks is very important to me. Even if they seem ok, I rebuild them every two or three race meetings at the most. Some will rebuild them every meeting, but I believe if you do it right the first time, this is not necessary.
08-06-2007, 12:56 PM
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RE: How often to oil shocks?
Well, replacing just the oil is not always as easy as that, the bladders sometimes need to be replaced, and any other 'consumables' that are included in the shocks, such as bladder foams, inserts (different brands, different consumables), etc. There's no guide, it should be obvious what needs to be done. I just disassemble them, remove all the oil, clean them up, replace anything that needs to be replaced, refill and reassemble. It's one of the things I HATE in this hobby, but it has to be done.
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RE: How often to oil shocks?
What oil would you recommend for my cars ( or is this one of those trial and error for your personal driving style things )? I figured it would be a straight forward deal other than any special procedures for adding oil and making sure it has good bound/rebound.
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RE: How often to oil shocks?
Depends on the car, the track and the springs...mostly the track... do you work on european weights (200, 250, 300, 350 etc.)? Or US weights (25, 30, 35, 40 etc.)?
Anyway, I'd recommend for a base touring car setup with stock two hole pistons and medium to hard springs, 400-500 front, and the next one down for rear (ie if you chose 400 for front, put 350 in the back, if 450, then 400, etc.). To convert euro weights of oils to US, just take a 0 off and add 10, as a very GENERAL rule. Of course as you go lighter the difference is less and as you go heavier the difference is more.
Anyway, I'd recommend for a base touring car setup with stock two hole pistons and medium to hard springs, 400-500 front, and the next one down for rear (ie if you chose 400 for front, put 350 in the back, if 450, then 400, etc.). To convert euro weights of oils to US, just take a 0 off and add 10, as a very GENERAL rule. Of course as you go lighter the difference is less and as you go heavier the difference is more.
