Cut Bladders

[Chalkie]

Anyone else tried the standard small bore shocks with cut bladders? Whilst rebuilding mine the other day i noticed one was split so thought I may as well try it cut out to see how they bleed and the result is really nice. I'm going to try them for a few weeks to see how I get on but can see myself staying with the cut ones at the moment.

[Cameo]

I'm suprised they didn't take air in or leak through the top as the cap is 2 pieces.

[PaulUpton]

I took my 3 sets of shocks apart to clean them and 8/9 out of the 12 bladders where spilt.

May give it a go on a set of mine

[Chalkie]

No leakage, the O ring left from cutting the bladder sits against the plastic cap and shock body.
Paul if you try it the best way to bleed them is to fill with oil, screw the cap down until it starts to go tight then unscrew it half a turn or so and push the shock shaft all the way in, and then tighten the cap whilst holding the shaft in. It should make the car better over small bumps and ripples.

[PaulUpton]

Originally Posted by Chalkie

No leakage, the O ring left from cutting the bladder sits against the plastic cap and shock body.
Paul if you try it the best way to bleed them is to fill with oil, screw the cap down until it starts to go tight then unscrew it half a turn or so and push the shock shaft all the way in, and then tighten the cap whilst holding the shaft in. It should make the car better over small bumps and ripples.

That's how I always do my shocks

[Smurfster]

All the cut bladders are going to do is reduce the rebound to next to zero, and the same result can be achieved with as said earlier, screwing the cap on till it starts to bleed, then pushing the shock shaft all the way in, and tightening. Meaning the rebound is zero. Hope this clarifies. Had 2 cut on the back of my X2C and it make the back end really saggy and slow to react. The handling was much improved by the uncut/split diaphragms. Would defo recommend drilling the shock piston holes out to 1.4 or 1.5 mm as it made adjusting the dampening rate a lot easier and made the car handle awesome.

[Chalkie]

Originally Posted by PaulUpton

That's how I always do my shocks

I find it quite tricky to build the rear without air in the oil with the bladders in, the fronts are fine just the rears.