CrazyCooter
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- First Name
- Tony
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- Nov 1, 2020
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- Location
- Far NorCal
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- www.overlandvehicledynamics.com
- Vehicle(s)
- 1991 JEEP YJ, 2021 JTR Ecodiesel
- Occupation
- Specialty Off Road Shop Owner
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- #241
LOL.....nitrogen fill......It was a nitrogen "drain" that I drilled. This was one of the shorter front shocks that I figured I could sacrifice to the shock gods in order to find where I could/should drill the hole to add a schraeder or needle valve. I figure a person that would level their truck only would like to use 4 rear shocks for the 26" length?You are one step ahead, i was thinking about pulling mine apart since they have little value on the resale side and see what makes them tick.
That looks like a blank canvas full of possibilities.
Is that black dot up at the head above the silver strip the nitrogen fill hole? That was the biggest worry i had was how to get nitrogen back into them.
Did you measure the amount of oil that came out?
The bearing head nut was red locktited in so had to almost destroy it to get it apart. Would need to find a product to soften the locktite and maybe a little heat would do the job better text time. The shaft nut was not peened over, so it looks like standard .504" fox shims would be used. The IFP is plastic and the piston wear ring does not look replaceable like my 2.5's.
I did not measure the oil because it's not all that important. The big thing would be the IFP depth, but didn't measure because I had jacked around with it enough that I couldn't trust that it was in the correct location when I disassembled.
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