Problem with Sid Rear Shock
11-22-05 | 11:32 AM
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Rouleur
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From: HARRISBURG IL
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Problem with Sid Rear Shock
Last week I got a never ridden 2003 Mongooose Massif, which looks alot like a Giant NRS. It has a Sid rear shock with dual air and rebound.
When I first set up the shock it rode terrible. It was super spongy. I kept adding air to the positive chamber and taking air out of the negative. It kept getting worse. I started looking on the net for soem information on the shock and every RS rear shock I could find had the postive air chamber on the top. My shock's sticker show the postive as the bottom chamber leading me to belive its upside down. When I set the shock up reverse of how I had been doing it there was a big improvement.
Last night I went to see if it was holding air, I sit on it and it made some sucking noises. I let a little air of the lower chamber and it spit out some thick grease like fluid. I had filled this thing several times using the sticker as my guide I filled the bottom air chamber first thinking it was the positve chamber. I read that you are suposed to fill the positive first. Looks like I as filling the negative first?
Think I could get some help from RS since the shock label was upside down.
If I have to get a new shock would a I see a big benefit with a Fox with this stable platform technology I've been hearing about?
When I first set up the shock it rode terrible. It was super spongy. I kept adding air to the positive chamber and taking air out of the negative. It kept getting worse. I started looking on the net for soem information on the shock and every RS rear shock I could find had the postive air chamber on the top. My shock's sticker show the postive as the bottom chamber leading me to belive its upside down. When I set the shock up reverse of how I had been doing it there was a big improvement.
Last night I went to see if it was holding air, I sit on it and it made some sucking noises. I let a little air of the lower chamber and it spit out some thick grease like fluid. I had filled this thing several times using the sticker as my guide I filled the bottom air chamber first thinking it was the positve chamber. I read that you are suposed to fill the positive first. Looks like I as filling the negative first?
Think I could get some help from RS since the shock label was upside down.
If I have to get a new shock would a I see a big benefit with a Fox with this stable platform technology I've been hearing about?
11-22-05 | 05:20 PM
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From: Hamilton, Ontario
Bikes: Rocky Mountain Instinct, Cannondale Six13, Cervelo One
Originally Posted by gattm99
Last week I got a never ridden 2003 Mongooose Massif, which looks alot like a Giant NRS. It has a Sid rear shock with dual air and rebound.
When I first set up the shock it rode terrible. It was super spongy. I kept adding air to the positive chamber and taking air out of the negative. It kept getting worse. I started looking on the net for soem information on the shock and every RS rear shock I could find had the postive air chamber on the top. My shock's sticker show the postive as the bottom chamber leading me to belive its upside down. When I set the shock up reverse of how I had been doing it there was a big improvement.
Last night I went to see if it was holding air, I sit on it and it made some sucking noises. I let a little air of the lower chamber and it spit out some thick grease like fluid. I had filled this thing several times using the sticker as my guide I filled the bottom air chamber first thinking it was the positve chamber. I read that you are suposed to fill the positive first. Looks like I as filling the negative first?
Think I could get some help from RS since the shock label was upside down.
If I have to get a new shock would a I see a big benefit with a Fox with this stable platform technology I've been hearing about?
When I first set up the shock it rode terrible. It was super spongy. I kept adding air to the positive chamber and taking air out of the negative. It kept getting worse. I started looking on the net for soem information on the shock and every RS rear shock I could find had the postive air chamber on the top. My shock's sticker show the postive as the bottom chamber leading me to belive its upside down. When I set the shock up reverse of how I had been doing it there was a big improvement.
Last night I went to see if it was holding air, I sit on it and it made some sucking noises. I let a little air of the lower chamber and it spit out some thick grease like fluid. I had filled this thing several times using the sticker as my guide I filled the bottom air chamber first thinking it was the positve chamber. I read that you are suposed to fill the positive first. Looks like I as filling the negative first?
Think I could get some help from RS since the shock label was upside down.
If I have to get a new shock would a I see a big benefit with a Fox with this stable platform technology I've been hearing about?
I rode shocks with stable platform (Fox RP3, Manitou Swinger), and they make your bike 100% more efficient while remaining plush.
