Volume sleeves on Fox Shocks

[92se-r]

Anyone ever taken apart a Fox RP3?



Terrin

[tkblazer]

i haven't personally, but after releasing all the air out and placing the shock shaft in a vise.. you should be able to unscrew the air can

[2wheel_lee]

It's a relatively simple job if you follow these instructions from Fox. Click on the image for a larger view, or you can open the pdfs. Unfortunately, the STR size limits prevented me from posting it as one pdf.

BTW, I picked up a strap wrench for a few dollars at Harbor Freight.

[92se-r]

You are the man! Any link to the rest of the technical data on the fox website? I only found videos. Thanks.

[92se-r]

So can you buy lower volume air sleeves for the RP3? Where can you buy those?

[2wheel_lee]

Originally Posted by mechmann

hey do they have something like that for a DHX5.0 Air??

allison's took a crap over the weekend and needs a rebuild.

Justin, if you look on the cover page, it says this procedure applies to the DHX Air.

Go here:
http://foxracingshox.com/fox_tech_ce...007_om_eng.htm

Select Rear Shocks in the left column, then select Air Sleeve Maintenance. From the top of this page (just before step 1), you can watch the video of this procedure or view the PDF.

[2wheel_lee]

I think The Path should now have the seal kits.

[Winger]

Thanks for posting these instructions!

I rebuilt my rear shock (Fox RP3) today using the instructions and it was pretty easy. I'd skip the step about using a bolt remover to remove those posts since they seem to fit through fine.

It also unscrewed without the strap wrench, and I didn't even use a vise. In all, I needed dental picks to remove the washers, the Fox kit w/ Lube & washers, the tools to remove the shock from the bike, and a shock pump.

The 1 word of warning i received was to keep everything spotless because 1 spec of dirt could ruin it.

Now I have no excuse for falling beind in maintenance.

Next up.....Fork rebuild...

[DHS]

i think i've done about 100 fox rear air shock seal kit installs. it really isn't that hard. have only had trouble on a few of them, but fox has always been most helpful. all rear air shocks from 2000 and up DHX, Float, RP series. all can use the same seal kit. same shaft size on each. pretty cool. keeps things simple.

and yes, have never needed a strap wrench. but use everything else they recommend.

also, i can look, but those of you that have sockets laying around. there's a few out there. that work perfect for pressing out the DU bushings on all fox rear shocks. makes changing those stupid simple.

[CalEpic]

The cans on the RP3 and DHX-A are interchangeable. I would assume the RP23 is the same as well.

I've had my DHX-A apart before. Super simple

C

[2wheel_lee]

Originally Posted by CalEpic

The cans on the RP3 and DHX-A are interchangeable. I would assume the RP23 is the same as well.

I've had my DHX-A apart before. Super simple

C

Keep in mind that the cans are only interchangeable between shocks with the same eye-to-eye length and shock travel (there may be some combinations that are the same, though). The can length varies with shock size.