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How To Make A Shock Fill Tool And Fill Station

8/24/2015

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How to make a shock fill tool and fill station
Have you ever wondered what is needed to make your own shock fill tool and nitrogen fill station? In this post I'm going to go into detail and discuss what is required to make your own shock fill tool and fill station. If you have ever been interested in rebuilding your own shocks and doing all the work in-house keep reading, this post is perfect for you!

If you aren't quite sure what the difference is between the shock fill tool and the fill station or why you need them both, no worries, I'll cover this now before we get into the details of each. There are a couple main advantages of using a shock fill tool in conjunction with the fill station. First, the pressure gauge on the fill tool has finer graduations than the gauge on the pressure regulator on the nitrogen tank. This allows finer adjustment of shock pressures. Second, the fill tool is easily maneuverable and much less cumbersome to hook up to the shock than the fill station. This is especially true when the nitrogen pressure is being fine tuned while the shock is on the bike. For these reasons I personally like to use a fill tool as it allows more accurate filling and more versatility. Now there are certainly other ways one could go about designing a pressurization system so that the fill tool is not needed but I don't plan on getting into those methods. 

The primary job of the fill station is to deliver nitrogen to the fill tool at a slightly higher pressure than the specified pressure. This way the fill tool can be used to bleed pressure down to the correct value. Let's take a look at what parts comprise each tool.

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Q&A // Why Is Changing The Engine Oil So Important?

8/11/2015

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Why do you need to change the dirt bike engine oil so often?
For this week’s Q & A I’m going to talk about why changing the engine’s oil is particularly important for high performance dirt bike engines. Dirt bikes and their engines must contend with all sorts of nasty elements including dirt, mud, water, and sand to name a few. The exposure to these elements, the fact that four-stroke dirt bike engines don’t carry a lot of oil, and their high state of tune all necessitate the need for more frequent oil changes than traditional automotive or motorcycle engines.

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