Originally Posted by
MantisWorx
The bladder moves the same regardless if the screw is there are not, the oil volume doesnt change, to be honest you actually put less strain on the bladder with them being open because there is no pressure being put on them when the shock goes into compression. They act like a balloon if there is no where for the air to go.
Originally Posted by
MantisWorx
that doesnt really make sense
the bladder seperates the oil from the outside exactly what is going to wear? You could pour sand on top of the bladder and it would make no difference to anything under the bladder.
the AE bladders get hard really fast, i typically replace them once a month not because of breakage but when they get hard you no longer have baldder style shocks and they end up more like emulsion because they do not move.
Ok, so I am wrong....
Tell me why:
stock AE piston, bladder, with bleed srew installed = bladders last for years
RCShox piston, bladder bleed srew removed = bladders last maybe a couple months at best
?
It is either more wear from movement (IE no screw) or from the rcshox pistons making contact.... I run 3mm limiter front and 5mm rear and the bladder lifespan is a couple months at best!