Why schrader valves on shocks?
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Yup. I don't know if any of them actually came with these valves from the factory. All the ones I've seen have been added during a rebuild by someone like FatCat Motorsports.
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When Bilstein assembles a shock, they have a magical machine that allows them to teleport the nitrogen gas into the bottom of a shock through the steel casing. Folks like Shaikh can't afford this technology, so they drill a hole in the bottom and fit a valve into it.
It's purely an affordance to allow the shock to be re-gassed after a rebuild. I've heard of folks adjusting the gas pressure as a tuning mechanism, but for me, that's a bit like adjusting the front/rear weight distribution by changing the amount of brake fluid sitting in the cup. (It's a far finer level of detail than I'll ever need.)
It's purely an affordance to allow the shock to be re-gassed after a rebuild. I've heard of folks adjusting the gas pressure as a tuning mechanism, but for me, that's a bit like adjusting the front/rear weight distribution by changing the amount of brake fluid sitting in the cup. (It's a far finer level of detail than I'll ever need.)
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Or maybe he doesn't use nitrogen
or maybe he has a nitronge-filled glove box
or maybe he backpurges them with nitrogen and holds them upside down to reassemble them
my advance-designs had the shrader valve. I busted one off once because it was too close to the mounting portion and ran into the lower suspension arm.
or maybe he has a nitronge-filled glove box
or maybe he backpurges them with nitrogen and holds them upside down to reassemble them
my advance-designs had the shrader valve. I busted one off once because it was too close to the mounting portion and ran into the lower suspension arm.
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