How to fill losi shocks properly

[Team No Idea]

Bonjour! my good lady's Academy has been fitted with old losi shocks, is there a correct way of filling them with oil? I have given it a try but i seem to be getting loads of air inside and loads of oil on the floor!

[ashleyb4]

Fill then up to the bottom of the thread insert the cartridge with the shaft all the way in tighten it up a few turns then pull the shaft out push it back in again and tighten up. That should do the trick.

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[ben]

Hmm my way is different to ashleys. I fill right to the top with shock oil, then i put the piston in with the cartridge to the top of the shock shaft. Next i screw the cartridge in 1 turn and then pull the shock shaft slowly out then slowly back in again and tighten the cartridge up with the shock shaft stull pushed right. Smooooth shocksssss. Id reccomend the nortech whities 'o' rings aswell. These make your shocks alot smoother

HTH

[Team No Idea]

Excellent, thanks, i'll give it a wee try. I knew i was doing something wrong when the shock shafts were sucking themselves back in to the shock bodies when fully tightened!!! D'oh!

[ben]

They should suck themselves in and out a little bit!!!

[Team No Idea]

Ah, ok, looks like ill be getting messy again tomorrow evening then.......... i may be there some time !!! lol
Thanks for you help

[ben]

Originally Posted by Team No Idea

Thanks for you help

Anytime