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Started by _LX8VD69_ , Aug 29 2006 11:22 PM

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#1 _LX8VD69_

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Posted 29 August 2006 - 11:22 PM

im about to replace my front shockers and its got me thinking, you know when you prime them from then on wards you have to keep them upright otherwise you have to start again, well i was thinking if you were to roll a car do you have to reprime the shockers?

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#2 Stedz_lc

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Posted 01 September 2006 - 08:46 PM

PMSL!
Im jus curious on how often u plan to roll your car!?! And what have u done to the roof to with hold bein rolled often?

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#3 FastEHHolden

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Posted 01 September 2006 - 08:50 PM

what shockies are you using?

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#4 _LX8VD69_

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Posted 01 September 2006 - 11:26 PM

im not planning on rolling any thing i was just wondering, ive put in a set of gabriel ultras :spoton:

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#5 _LC2250_

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Posted 02 September 2006 - 12:31 AM

I think you might have bigger concerns than resetting your shockers if you roll your car! :blink:

-Al

Edited by LC2250, 02 September 2006 - 12:32 AM.

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#6 knoath

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Posted 02 September 2006 - 06:04 AM

Never heard of this before. What exactly do you mean by priming them?
Please Explain...

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#7 _ChiaLX_

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Posted 02 September 2006 - 07:29 AM

I'm with ^^^^ never heard of preiming shocks. Is this for oil filled shocks??

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#8 _CHOPPER_

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Posted 02 September 2006 - 12:26 PM

Priming shocks was for the days before gas pressurised shocks. The purpose was to remove air bubbles from the oil. Fully extend and contract the shocker several times normally did the trick.

[EDIT: ALL shockers are oil filled ChiaLX]

Edited by -CHOPPER-, 02 September 2006 - 12:26 PM.

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#9 _LX8VD69_

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Posted 02 September 2006 - 12:28 PM

so chopper didnt i need to prime the shockers?

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#10 _CHOPPER_

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Posted 02 September 2006 - 12:53 PM

If they are gas pressurised, no. Some Konis and a couple of euro brands need priming, but they are becoming less common.

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#11 _ChiaLX_

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Posted 02 September 2006 - 01:38 PM

Thats what I love about this site, learn something new all the time. I always thought gas shockers had gas and not oil! Doh!! :fool:

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#12 _RpM_

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Posted 02 September 2006 - 01:44 PM

The best way to tell, Push your shocks in... if the extend by themselves, don't prime them, but as said by Chopper, in the instance of a Koni shock or similar, push it in and it wont come back out by itself. It's good practice to compress and extend them 4 or 5 times, then leave them upright. We usually cycle Koni's for 20seconds or so before testing them on the Dyno at work.

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#13 _CHOPPER_

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Posted 02 September 2006 - 02:01 PM

Ah, yes. Forgot to mention the non-gas pressurised units need to be kept upright. Otherwise you risk getting air bubbles back in the oil you just primed. Kind of defeats the purpose otherwise.

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#14 _LX8VD69_

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Posted 02 September 2006 - 02:05 PM

Ah, yes. Forgot to mention the non-gas pressurised units need to be kept upright. Otherwise you risk getting air bubbles back in the oil you just primed. Kind of defeats the purpose otherwise.

and that was my original querry, if you rolled a car on its side and the damage was very minimal, these things do happen. when you rolled it back onto its wheels would you have to reprime the shockers?

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#15 _CHOPPER_

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Posted 02 September 2006 - 02:11 PM

The shocks will eventually self prime through NORMAL driving. It's simply better if they are manually primed, especially if they have been in a horizontal position for any lenght of time through ANY set of circumstances. Whether that be the shockers being incorrectly stored, or the vehicle being incorrectly parked.