OME crams it all together even tighter. See my edit above. Once upon a time they were a favorite before the valving changed. The measurements are nearly the same been the old and new.
Metalcloak 6-Pak shocks: A viable alternative to outboarding?
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I recall reading that MC acquired the 6 pack design from another company (similar story as their fenders). One of the problems back then was that because of the long travel and smaller components required to keep the packaging from being enormous, the seals wore quickly and leaked.
Oh yes, I had forgotten that OME changed it all up with their Nitrocharher Sports. At one point I had their old shocks and they actually rode very nice. The new ones, not so much.
To be perfectly honest, they can be a good alternative to the OEM fenders if understood as such. The cost is a bit cheaper.
That is as long as my rust issue with them is not widespread.
Unless you damage the shaft and take out a seal, they don't need a recharge. I've been around some used hard for many years still holding pressure but a nitrogen charging kit and some odd bits to connect it all up isn't the end of the world either.
Not sure why you would be charging them every so often unless that is every couple years or so. You can do yours on the rig by just drooping the axle out and hit the end of the reservoirs.
I'm sad that Fox doesn't understand compressed gases. You'd think they, of all people would know better. No compressed gas "holds" moisture. At the pressures in a shock, all gases expand the exact same amount with increases in temperature.
If I were doing it, I would optimize the center of eye to shaft arrangement, configure the internal piston to be as close to the end of the shaft as possible, run a twin tube design so there is a gas compression chamber beside the fluid body so the piston goes to the end of the body without adding length for the gas chamber, and rework the top eye so that it is very close to the body.
The average shock pays no attention to any of that.
Maybe they’re saying that to scare people, in hopes that no one will try to fill it with hydrogen or something.
Nope but i do know that at the base we have a cart that magically makes it from thin air.
They compress air, draw off the heat, compress, remove heat. Eventually the air will turn into a liquid at very low temps. As the liquid warms up and boils, the different gases boil at different points so you can extract the pure gas at specific boiling points or temps.
Here is a simplified version of the process.
What state would moisture be in at any of those temps? That's right, a solid, so there is no way any moisture is in any of the common compressed gases, oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, etc. The only time we get moisture is using compressed air that hasn't been put through a good dryer set up.
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