Originally Posted by
Jstall7543
I've got a question, I bought the exotek shock caps but they didn't put the tiny little bleeder hole near the threads, why I dont know but I like emulsion style shocks a little better. But I built them as usual with out bladders and they seem to work pretty good.i cant find any info. I filled them up to the brim and gave them a few pumps and backed off the bleeder screw and heard air come out. Is this correct?
you can run emulsion with those caps. you'll want to put some oil in the shock (say 2/3 full) push the piston up through the oil a few times to get the air rising to the top. once the air bubbles are all gone fill the rest of the shock with oil. with the bleeder screw out of the cap, tighten the cap down onto the shock body. then push the shock shaft until it bottoms out. oil should be coming out of the bleeder hole. once all of the air bubbles and oil have stopped coming out of the put in the bleeder screw. once you start the bleeding process dont pull the shock shaft out of the body until the screw is in place. when you cycle the shocks this way there should be no air left in the shocks
hope this is helpful
