Long Travel BS Thread

these were, or so it was stated, could be why the weight is high

 

well, I just had one weighed, just over 40lbs, with ring and hardware. Weight advertised is shipping weight.

These new limit straps are beefy...

 

$40 dump tubes to make a v6 sound even worse??? Hell yeah

 

that's a funny looking turbo flange

 

Is it dirty or does it change color from the heat? If dirty the only place where the contamination could come from would be from degradation of the internals themselves. Where would dirt come from?

 

Where are the T3 and vband wastegate flanges?

 

Good question….. must just change color when it gets hot over time.

 

Most oils do, but the coating on the wearband is kinda dark too, could be from that. That's normal wear that's always occurring. In the last two shocks I've torn apart (one from ADS and one from King) both had aluminum shavings from the machining process that were never cleaned out.

 

Technically, the wear band should never actually touch the body. The oil should prevent that. However as oil shears, it becomes thinner and less effective at providing an adequate film.

 

I would think shaft loading and sometimes less than ideal temperatures makes contact a reality.

 

It really shouldn’t. The wear bands operate on the same principles as a crank or rod bearing. Simply there to take damage if needed along with setting the oil film thickness. A shock shouldn’t really ever see side loading in a proper setup. At least not to the extent of making the oil film non existent.

Temperature however is a different animal. Once the oil breaks down, damage will begin as it can no longer support the loads it is being put under.

 

Wear band from my Jan 2022 rebuild


August 2024 rebuild. Probably could have reused these. Replaced them anyways.

 

You're wrong... that's not how it works.

It's not a wear item like the name indicates it is...

 

Forged 8” wide kmcs 33.4
The cast 10” wides were 42.6
I took off the beadlocks and went to Bead grips.


And some mystery oil +metal from some very trashed shocks I bought for spare parts. I bet chips in the shaft introduce plenty of dirt and metal shavings from bushings. I agree new shocks have a ton of metal too.

anyone know why fox / whoever else rebrands that F&L red oil gets super sticky after a while?

 

Welp....LSK has a 20% off sale going on right now....they sucked me in....just ordered this

 

So how much for the beadlocks?

 

that’s a legit kit. 10” C/O & bypass?

 

Yup...gotta get those on order also...2.5 Co and a 3.0 bypass. Gonna swing by LSK tomorrow to talk to them about shock specs.

 

So, what is going up for sale?