Center limit strap question

[bobo]

If you are going to change oil & nitrogen levels here is what I would do:

Get all oil out of shock.
Fill shocks with as much oil as they will hold and NOT hydro lock.
Charge with nitrogen to get to desired ride height.
This will give you your highest "spring rate" with lowest possible nitrogen pressure. This will help with body roll but will give you a harsher ride.
Go riding and use this as your baseline for adjustments.
You should like the stability but may not like the ride quality.

A tight center limit strap helps keep the shocks from unloading with going down a steep descent. Have always ran a tight center limit strap with air shocks.

Easy way to put oil in shocks is to remove the valve core and get a small hose that will fit tightly over the valve stem. Fully compress the shock, stick end of hose in premeasured oil and pull the shock shaft out. The shock will act like a giant syringe and pull the oil in it. Of course you have to remove the shock from the truck to do it this way.

Jeremy

 

[TacomaJD]

Re: Re: Re: Center limit strap question

If you are going to change oil & nitrogen levels here is what I would do:

Get all oil out of shock.
Fill shocks with as much oil as they will hold and NOT hydro lock.
Charge with nitrogen to get to desired ride height.
This will give you your highest "spring rate" with lowest possible nitrogen pressure. This will help with body roll but will give you a harsher ride.
Go riding and use this as your baseline for adjustments.
You should like the stability but may not like the ride quality.

A tight center limit strap helps keep the shocks from unloading with going down a steep descent. Have always ran a tight center limit strap with air shocks.

Easy way to put oil in shocks is to remove the valve core and get a small hose that will fit tightly over the valve stem. Fully compress the shock, stick end of hose in premeasured oil and pull the shock shaft out. The shock will act like a giant syringe and pull the oil in it. Of course you have to remove the shock from the truck to do it this way.

Jeremy

Yeah with my limit strap the way it is, my rear end raises up bad if I slam on the brakes and has always felt sketchy going off anything steep. Good point.

Going riding next weekend so I prolly won't mess with it until after that because I doubt I can get to a nitrogen source before then to recharge them, as I work 2nd shift and everybody is at work during the day. Anyway, after next Saturday, I'm gonna take them off and begin tuning. We'll see how it works out.

 

[zayne2427]

I may be interested in your old air shocks if u haven't got rid of them

 

[TacomaJD]

I may be interested in your old air shocks if u haven't got rid of them

Chad (zukimaster) called em a long time ago before I ever even got the 2.5's lol. It will likely be a while before he actually uses them so if something happens, I'll holler at you.

 

[TacomaJD]

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Purged a little bit of nitrogen from the stiff passenger shock and the rear sits level with the front now WITHOUT a limit strap holding it down and has equal body roll now to each side. Not bad body roll at all, way better than it was with the 2.0's but still a little more than I want. Will probably start messing with the oil levels after we ride Saturday.

 

[TacomaJD]

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Shocks worked awesome after letting some nitrogen out of that one shock! Wheeled hard yesterday and she worked 10 times better than with the 2.0's. Stable, even on the steepest stuff. May do some fine tuning on the shocks one day, but nothing needed for now. Feels like a brand new machine now!

 

[Rokcrler]

Rig did the best ive seen it go :****:
Suspension looks like its working front and rear now

 

[TacomaJD]

Thanks Mo! Had such a great time yesterday! When we got to the top of the mtn and had to ride that "smoother" trail back out to the paved road, I put it in 2wd so I could haul some ass and I done some rally cross **** and it never felt sketchy. Rig is A LOT more fun now! :****:

 

[krackem]

Rig did the best ive seen it go :****:
Suspension looks like its working front and rear now

Were is that pic at place looks killer to ride

 

[TacomaJD]

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Area 51 top secret bunker :****:

 

[Rokcrler]

Re: Re: Center limit strap question

That's a chopped picture...there's no wheeling like that around here :****:

 

[zukimaster]

Looks like AOP to me.

 

[TacomaJD]

:****:

 

[74_Chevota]

Get a sway bar and rock out. It will make you so much happier.

2.5's look good!

 

[zayne2427]

Watched all the videos earlier. Looks like you guys had an awesome ride. Hopefully me and the single seater will be able to come play on the rocks next time.

 

[TacomaJD]

Get a sway bar and rock out. It will make you so much happier.

2.5's look good!

Thanks man. I'm gonna try to get away from a sway bar. They work well now, but I may try to mess with the oil levels and whatnot later on if I ever find myself really wanting a little more stability. If it got no better than it currently does, I still wouldn't need a sway bar on it, I'm happy with it FINALLY :****:

Watched all the videos earlier. Looks like you guys had an awesome ride. Hopefully me and the single seater will be able to come play on the rocks next time.

It was man, we had a great group together. I expected 4 or 5 and there was 4 or 5 already in the parking area before any of us even got there