Any one tell me the best way to get the blue end out of this shock with out doing damage as it seems very tight and dont want too stuff it any help would be great thanks
I clamp the body down(not in a vice), then put a bar through the eyelet with a bit of leather belt where the bar touches the shock end ,then unscrew it.
the body needs to be replated as its now rusting badly. Is there a o-ring in it ? And i have been told too apply heat too it to get the thread locker to release ?
Sorry I can not help you with that one, as I have not had to pull a fox one off yet.I know the sway-a-way I did, I didn't have to heat it up and there was no o-ring.
I dont think they come off. I dented a tube with the piston on the wrong side of the dent, I had a go and used a lathe chuck to hold it, we had so much force on it that the tube spun, galling in the chuck. didnt even crack it even with quite a lot of heat. I bought a new shock in the end.
I'd clean it up and give it a coat of black engine paint and bake it at a low heat to cure the paint but not melt any o-rings. not the best option but the least bad option without risking wrecking it totally.
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sorry to hear you had no luck but mine did end up coming apart. I put the body in a vice and took the bearing out of the end and used a alloy rod to crack it with some heat. So all good now and they are getting the new zinc coating
