Shock tops

[maineyak]

Does anyone do an upgraded shock top o ring of any type?

I never know how much to tighten them up. They seems to either leak or the o ring bulges out if too tight.

Thanks

[mattr]

How can you see the oring bulging out, it's completely retained between body and cap? You sure you have it in the right place?

[discostu]

Yeah this happens if you don't oil the I rings up what I did was take a knife and run it around the inside of the cap to create a slight chamfer on the inside the o ring has some ware to seat never had a bulge since and you can tighten all the way down.

Stu

[NeilRalph77]

Originally Posted by discostu

take a knife and run it around the inside of the cap to create a slight chamfer on the inside the o ring has some ware to seat never had a bulge since and you can tighten all the way down.

Stu

+1

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[hottuna]

Never had problems with the plastic shock caps. They don't leak, and in a big crash they rip off without ruin the housing threads = expensive

[Chalkie]

Originally Posted by discostu

Yeah this happens if you don't oil the I rings up what I did was take a knife and run it around the inside of the cap to create a slight chamfer on the inside the o ring has some ware to seat never had a bulge since and you can tighten all the way down.

Stu

Same here, just put a chamfer on the inside of the cap, I don't know why there isn't one to start with as the small bore shock caps come with a chamfer for the O ring moulded in