Struggling to build the shock correctly

[smokes]

every time i rebuild the shock on the B4 i cannot get them to bleed evenly and feel the same.also how do u remove all the air out of the shocks. there is still air in the oil after letting them stand for 24hrs. Any Tips or tricks would helpful.

[jimmy]

The shocks are designed to have a little air in there? I don't have a big problem bleeding the AE shocks myself - but don't worry about a little air, it's supposed to be there.

[smokes]

i am crap at getting them right. i would like someone to show me when i get to a local meet so i understand what the heck i am doing wrong!

[ben]

What club do you race at? Or what region are you in?

[sparrow.2]

It's easy enough really. Here goes stepby step.

1. Fill oil into shock until up to abou 2mm of top.
2. push shaft up slowly, wait 5 seconds and pull back down again slowly to let air out from under piston.
3. Wait for air bubbles to get out of the oil.
4. Push shaft until piston is about 2-3mm from top of shock (top up with oil until it's just over level with piston up)
5. fill cap with oil up to threads
6. put cap on shock quickly and tighten quickly.
7. Finished.

If you have too much rebound unscrew the cap a little and push the shaft in a bit and re-tighten.
You can play around with the piston height before you fill and tighten to get differnet rebound rates, which will give you different handling characteristics.

[B44&501xRacerEX]

On my B44 I had to do the "snap" thing, with that little plastic tool they include in the kit.
Page 5 of the B44 manual.

That's probably the same problem this guy is having, because if you dont
they will leak. Been there, done that.

But Sparrow's way above is pretty accurate. He just forgot this step.