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Hello guys

im on the lookout again,im starting my fox resto and ive come across a problem already

ive stripped down my dampers today and im missing two parts from the set




ive brought a damper bag to complete them,before i stripped them down and cleaned the set

i can get these on the bay but i didnt really want to pay £18 for them.

if anyone can help me out that would be a great help

thanks again
jtf

LOL, you don't need three of them - only one, and only then if you have an early Fox with the early CVA shocks (floating piston rather than a rubber diaphragm) - they're used for setting the oil level/initial piston height & shouldn't be left in the shocks.

I can see why you'd think it though - the manual does not explicitly say to remove them, which means a lot of Foxes get built like this:





Note the visible thread between the cap & the body ...


That shouldn't be there & is caused by the collar being left in:





What should happen (once the assembled shaft & oils seals etc are in) is the body gets nearly filled with oil ...




The floating piston goes in ...





... then the level collar pushes the piston down, squeezing the excess oil out ...





... the collar comes out, you clear up the excess oil, and the sealing screw goes in ...




... then the spring, before putting the cap on.






Note lack of visible thread on completed shocks.





I wonder how Foxes with shocks with the collars left in actually handled ... pretty badly would be my guess.

lol,ahhahhh,lol

thanks for clearing that up for me jonny,it all makes sense now.

they are the older floating damper with the spring,wot thicknes oil would yo recommend and which disc with the holes in?

will be on very rough ground,off roading?

thanks again

jtf