You need a correct ammount of air in there also- it was pretty obvious to watch on sunday Richard and Woody racing around - over the big jump richards car always seemed to land smoothly, but woodys (mine) would usually bounce slightly - pack being pretty much spot on, but there being very little air inside the shocks, so on full compression there was no slowing of the shaft from pressure inside the shocks - so only on very hard landings the shaft would bottom out hard and unsettle it.
The reason I built the shocks like that was because of the bleed screws - it made it easy to get a perfectly filled shock- but easy to take too much air out and leave it without any pressure..
The AE shocks say in the manual how far the shaft should push back out on its own - and thats probably a good guide. If it doesn't come back out on its own (no spring) then its not right
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