repairing a Fox Float R ?

"Carlos Fandango" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Its a 2001 OEM version thats done a few 000 miles. It holds pressure fine, but the damping makes a
squishing noise - something to do with oil and nitrogen mixing ???

I'm told that its about £50 to have this refurbished and isn't a DIY job as it needs nitrogen and
special equipment to recharge it ?

Can't I access this part of the shock and add the right weight oil and air instead of nitrogen ?

Surely there's a DIY solution - any suggestions ?

TIA C

Not aware of anyone who's ever done a DIY on the nitrogen part of a Fox shock - I've serviced
mine, but that was the seals etc. Sent it away for a proper service/fix when it did the same
thing as yours.

(Carlos Fandango) said:

Its a 2001 OEM version thats done a few 000 miles. It holds pressure fine, but the damping makes a
squishing noise - something to do with oil and nitrogen mixing ???

I'm told that its about £50 to have this refurbished and isn't a DIY job as it needs nitrogen and
special equipment to recharge it ?

Can't I access this part of the shock and add the right weight oil and air instead of nitrogen ?

There's a lot of pressure in there. Opening it with DIY tools is likely to be _exceedingly_
dangerous, a bit like doing the same to a hand grenade.

There's a PDF of the Float R manual onf the Fox website - I'm sorry, I can't remember just where,
but I downloaded it and have printed it off. It tells you which bits you absolutely must not try to
remove, so presumably if you remove them you will let the pressure out (explosively). But there's no
way with DIY tools you'll get it back in again, so you'll be left with a lump of scrap.

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