Recharging? Works front shocks

[Braaaptor]

I've had a set of basic Works front shocks for a Banshee lying around for some time. I plan on putting them on my Blasty pretty soon. However, I currently have them on my Warrior, and have noticed that the damping action on these shocks is way too soft. As soon as you get on the front brakes, the quad nosedives.

I know Works shocks are rebuildable, but is this something you can do yourself without lots of special tools? What about 'recharging' the shocks with oil (and nitrogen? - there is a Schrader valve on each shock) to suit my weight? (I'm 155 lbs) Any help and advice would be appreciated. I'm a good mechanic and have the skills, but I've never messed with a shock larger than those on a nitro R/C truck...

 

[Awk08]

you can have them recharged at a dealer ??? and also adjust the preload of the springs yourself, dont forget, they will act different on the lighter blater

 

[Whitty21]

i was about to say i am pretty sure the front end is substantially heavier on a warrior

 

[Roostinshee]

http://www.blasterforum.com/do-yourself-20/how-service-rebuildable-shocks-10664/

Great post by phragle. Lots of pointers, PM him and I'm sure he'll be glad to walk you through the process.

 

[Braaaptor]

http://www.blasterforum.com/do-yourself-20/how-service-rebuildable-shocks-10664/

Great post by phragle. Lots of pointers, PM him and I'm sure he'll be glad to walk you through the process.

Sweet! There we go; that explained a LOT. Thanks! I'll talk to a few dealers around here and see who can get the shocks recharged for me after I go through the rebuild process.

This set of shocks is actually for a Banshee, so I know they'll be a little stiffer on the Blaster. I just figured I'd see how they performed on the Warrior since the 'Shee isn't running right now and a Banshee and Warrior are roughly the same size.

 

[brandoz28]

its really simple, to pull the seal head off i just got a piece of galvanized tubing, and drilled/tapped a hole for a 1/4" bolt. then you can use a pipe wrench to loosen it.


just need seals/o rings and a little patience. most dealers can do the nitrogen, filling with oil is pretty simple as well.


you need to run them on the blaster to know if they need resprung/revalved, which should probably be done by works

 

[Brute71]

actually, the valving on the shocks should be close depending on your weight. Mine worked pretty dang good on my blaster (not perfect, but then again nothing is )

 

[royalt67]

I've had shocks rebuilt at Works before they did a good job but it wasn't cheap.
Works Performance Products

Shock-Works might be cheaper. The problem is it all comes down to what you need. Recharge, rebuild, revalve, hard parts, it all adds up. Shock Works Home Page

 

[sheeblast]

you can also send them to GT thunder to have them rebuilt for your weight and stuff.
a blown shock is bouncey, is your's bouncey?
if not, you might need stiffer springs.

 

[Braaaptor]

you can also send them to GT thunder to have them rebuilt for your weight and stuff.
a blown shock is bouncey, is your's bouncey?
if not, you might need stiffer springs.

No, my shocks aren't bouncy; they just seem to be lacking damping action. I have dual rate springs on mine (I guess most Works shocks do, but...). It may just be a matter of springs and recharging. I'll call around and see. I may just decide to buy some new Works or Fox shocks when the next check comes in and leave it at that.

 

[royalt67]

That would be the compression adjustment (I reread the nosedive part). For that you would have to have them revalved by a pro. Unfortunately that is a prob with the cheaper shocks, no external adjustment.

 

[brandoz28]

i still have a hard time swallowing the price on good shocks for one of these with external adjustments, costs about as much as a set of AFCO's for my drag car

 

[sheeblast]

it makes a differences. trust me.