Brian's '96

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:29 pm

Scott! Yer screwing with my train of thought dammit!

bajascott · Post by **bajascott** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:32 pm

just sayin buddy.......

Post by **SteveG** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 8:59 am

How does it do with no hood? Less shake?

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 10:01 am

SteveG wrote:How does it do with no hood? Less shake?

Last time it had the hood off was Pismo 2009. Haha! And it shook like a summbich.

tcm glx · Post by **tcm glx** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 7:30 pm

This has Brian written all over it:
http://www.gofastbroncos.com/forum/view ... =26&t=2199

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 5:39 am

Rebuilt the rear shocks last night. Thanks to a rookie mistake, didn't finish up until 11pm. Haha! One of the wear bands is worn with about 50% of the base metal exposed, but I think it will be fine for the August trip. Will pick up a pair from Kris later. Was unable to remove the top caps from the bodies. Made several attempts, but wouldn't budge. Wouldn't be concerned, but I think that's where one of them was leaking. How do the pros do it? With a super duper strap wrench?

BajaF250 · Post by **BajaF250** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 5:58 am

Hey Brian,
The caps are usually put on with red loctite and you'll need to heat it up with a torch. I use a plumbers torch. I have a set of large set of V-blocks to grab the body to hold it.

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 6:21 am

Awesome. Thanks Tom! Next time I'm in there that's what I'll try. Was a bit hesitant to put heat to them...being a rookie and all.

BajaF250 · Post by **BajaF250** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 8:31 am

It doesn't take a lot of heat to break it loose... so go gentle with the torch... it does work wonders!

Post by **SteveG** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 8:38 am

yikes wrote:Was unable to remove the top caps from the bodies. Made several attempts, but wouldn't budge.

From RDC:

Kritter wrote:I have no idea why king puts the top caps on so tight and with loctite...a tangent and a rant in one. The rod ends are a smaller thread so its understandable but the top caps dont need to be on hercules tight.

King has had to destroy/cut a can sent in solely for top cap removal..totally stupid.

Post by **SteveG** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 8:50 am

You should have seen the effort involved in removing the top caps from the shocks that eventually became your 4" reservoirs. What I found worked best was heat the body until it was smoking hot (try to keep it from discoloring), then spray the best penetrating oil you can get (I use a BG product) on the seam from the outside and inside. Then let it sit for a few minutes, then crank on it with a chain wrench. I think I disassembled 6 of them and hated every single minute.

A really, really good strap wrench might work and won't put bite marks in the can, but I hated the shocks enough at that point that I wanted them to have scars from our hours-long battles.

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 9:16 am

Haha! Yeah I put a couple marks in one of the cans last night and then called it quits.

ray aguilar · Post by **ray aguilar** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 3:49 pm

i just looked through your entire build and it is awesome. great looking truck will definatley be following this thing!

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 9:48 pm

Thanks Ray! Welcome to the site man.

BajaF250 · Post by **BajaF250** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 8:19 am

So Brian, did you get the tops off?

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 9:38 am

BajaF250 wrote:So Brian, did you get the tops off?

Decided to wait, because I think I'm going to re-valve and need to replace the wear bands too. Just not enough time before the trip. Want to test and tune first anyway. A bit more compression may be necessary. It does take big hits well, but it's a little sloppy in the middle. I think the front shocks will set the limits, because they rebound too slow. Without custom internal work it won't get much better. Excited to get out there again and get this thing dirty. Working on tying body parts together today. Then it's just the little stuff. Woohoooo!

Post by **SteveG** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 3:16 pm

yikes wrote:
BajaF250 wrote:So Brian, did you get the tops off?
Decided to wait, because I think I'm going to re-valve and need to replace the wear bands too. Just not enough time before the trip. Want to test and tune first anyway. A bit more compression may be necessary. It does take big hits well, but it's a little sloppy in the middle. I think the front shocks will set the limits, because they rebound too slow. Without custom internal work....

Maybe drill the pistons and add one-way valves?

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 4:12 pm

SteveG wrote:Maybe drill the pistons and add one-way valves?

That's a great idea! Would probably take just one small valve to get it in range. Next time I'm bored and have nothing to do I'll go for it.

Post by **SteveG** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 4:32 pm

If you're going to go through the trouble, I would add a few. You can plug them anyway. That way if you need more flow, it's just a matter of pulling the shock apart and no further machining.

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 4:34 pm

Did you have a specific valve in mind Steve?

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