WOW! all these years and I never thought that, and I have that fitting. thank you so much for bringing this to light. I'm absolutely going to try it next time.👍
@@zoubtubeLove the videos! you can use a syringe and the bleed cup. Use the syringe connected to the bleed hole to draw the oil back and forth from the cup attached to the IFP . You should be able to get a good bleed fairly quickly
@@andrewsiasparks Seriously man, thanks for the insight. I don't know how many times I've serviced these shocks and not once did it occur to me to use a fitting, and I don't know how many times I've thought I wish I they made it where I can add a fitting. I can honestly say I can't wait to try this out. 👍
Literally just walked in from the hardware store. The thread is Metric 5mm x .80 coarse. easily found at just about any hardware store. hope this helps
Have you ever had a situation where after you bleed the air out of the piggyback you can't depress the valve again? The manual says you have to send it in, but I'm wondering if there's some knowledge out there on a way to bleed pressurized oil safely.
Thanks for the comment. I'm not sure what you mean by 'bleed pressurized oil.' The shock should be completely depressurized before bleeding. Otherwise, oil will spray out. "can't depress the valve again" If you're referring to the compression stack in the reservoir, it sounds like it might be stuck in the locked position. To release it, you'll need to remove it and manually pop it out, which is not hard to do. Check 33:35, the tip that I apply grease to is what you have to pop out. it doesn't need much force to do so. when you pop it out, put a bit of grease on the oring "The manual says you have to send it in" If you're able to service your own shocks or forks, then reasons to send them in would be if there's a part that the manufacturer doesn't sell, stopped selling, or the replacement parts would cost more to service on your own as opposed to sending it the shock or fork in for service. FYI though, if it's a part that they stopped selling, then it's quite possible that they won't have it in stock. Hopefully this helps
Done this rebuild but couldn't get rid of the squish sound when decompressed even after bleeding it for 1 hour. Now I turned up the sound on the video and yours seem to squish too so I assume is fine.
Mostly likely yes. When I say it's silent, I mean there no Slurpee/slushy air sounds going though the piston, which are very distinct. You will still hear very faint sounds like the glide ring on the damper body wall. I should do a better job explaining this in a future video. In fact what I will do is make a video where I add in air into the system and compare it to one thats fully bled so people can hear the difference. thanks for the great idea myman 👍
@@zoubtube I have actually rebuilt the shock for 3 times and bled the system until absolutely no bubble was coming out, also I have tried different bleeding methods like pushing the oil into the system from the ifp tube, warming up the oil and still could not reach 0 sounds. Also I have noticed the little faint sounds could be heard only when the shock was "upside down" in the vice, when mounted on bike without the aircan the shock is dead silent. Yes, a video explaining the sounds would be a great idea. Keep up the good work, very professional videos. 👍
Ez bleed (amazon) kit with the tektro fitting fits the IFP bleed hole. Works great for making sure there's no air in the oil
WOW! all these years and I never thought that, and I have that fitting. thank you so much for bringing this to light. I'm absolutely going to try it next time.👍
@@zoubtubeLove the videos!
you can use a syringe and the bleed cup. Use the syringe connected to the bleed hole to draw the oil back and forth from the cup attached to the IFP . You should be able to get a good bleed fairly quickly
@@andrewsiasparks Seriously man, thanks for the insight. I don't know how many times I've serviced these shocks and not once did it occur to me to use a fitting, and I don't know how many times I've thought I wish I they made it where I can add a fitting. I can honestly say I can't wait to try this out. 👍
Thank you for all your work!
Thanks for taking the time to watch them. if you have any questions or requests let me know
Very helpful. Thanks for responding on the other vid also re the ifp puller tool
Literally just walked in from the hardware store. The thread is Metric 5mm x .80 coarse. easily found at just about any hardware store. hope this helps
Thanks so much 👍🏻
cool video keep doing good job dude
Glad to see the video was informative for you and thanks for watching. more videos to come
Thank you for the upgraded video.
Hopefully it's clearer and easier for you to follow. more videos to come 👍.
life saver videos!!
Glad to hear the video came in handy. thanks for the comment
Phenomenal!
Glad to here the video was informative. let em know if you have any questions
Have you ever had a situation where after you bleed the air out of the piggyback you can't depress the valve again? The manual says you have to send it in, but I'm wondering if there's some knowledge out there on a way to bleed pressurized oil safely.
Thanks for the comment. I'm not sure what you mean by 'bleed pressurized oil.' The shock should be completely depressurized before bleeding. Otherwise, oil will spray out.
"can't depress the valve again" If you're referring to the compression stack in the reservoir, it sounds like it might be stuck in the locked position. To release it, you'll need to remove it and manually pop it out, which is not hard to do. Check 33:35, the tip that I apply grease to is what you have to pop out. it doesn't need much force to do so. when you pop it out, put a bit of grease on the oring
"The manual says you have to send it in" If you're able to service your own shocks or forks, then reasons to send them in would be if there's a part that the manufacturer doesn't sell, stopped selling, or the replacement parts would cost more to service on your own as opposed to sending it the shock or fork in for service. FYI though, if it's a part that they stopped selling, then it's quite possible that they won't have it in stock.
Hopefully this helps
Is this rockshox wrench for reservoir made of steel or aluminum ?
Good question, let me go check,,,,,👠👠👠👠👠👠👠, it's steel 😁
Done this rebuild but couldn't get rid of the squish sound when decompressed even after bleeding it for 1 hour. Now I turned up the sound on the video and yours seem to squish too so I assume is fine.
Mostly likely yes. When I say it's silent, I mean there no Slurpee/slushy air sounds going though the piston, which are very distinct. You will still hear very faint sounds like the glide ring on the damper body wall. I should do a better job explaining this in a future video. In fact what I will do is make a video where I add in air into the system and compare it to one thats fully bled so people can hear the difference. thanks for the great idea myman 👍
@@zoubtube I have actually rebuilt the shock for 3 times and bled the system until absolutely no bubble was coming out, also I have tried different bleeding methods like pushing the oil into the system from the ifp tube, warming up the oil and still could not reach 0 sounds. Also I have noticed the little faint sounds could be heard only when the shock was "upside down" in the vice, when mounted on bike without the aircan the shock is dead silent. Yes, a video explaining the sounds would be a great idea. Keep up the good work, very professional videos. 👍
Glad to hear it all worked out myman and apologies for the late response.
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Glad to hear you liked it and hopefully it will be of some use to you in the future. if you have any questions just let me know
I have a question. Is the bleed thread the same as the bleed thread on Sram brakes?
Greetings from Slovenia
YUP! it's an M5x0.8
@@zoubtube Thank you
Are you Calvin from Park Tool?
unfortunately I'm not that handsome 😁
May be it's just me but i dont like that shock😂😂😂😂. Too progressive for me. I love coil shock now.
I don't blame you. coils are great if the frame is made for them. once things settle down around here I plan on building an enduro bike with a coil.