Team Durango DEX408 – Build up

Bag I

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Shocking

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The shock bodies are threaded metal works of art. This O ring helps seal the bottom cap.

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And this O Ring in the bottom helps seal around the shaft

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Followed by a plastic bushing

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Followed by another O ring

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And another plastic bushing

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And finally the bottom shock cap

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The shock shaft has an inside thread. The piston slides over the shaft, and a screw holds it in place.

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We’ll thread the shock end on to the shaft.

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This collar will be used to adjust ride height. It gets an O ring on the inside to prevent it from spinning on its own.

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Voila! All 4 are built

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These are the shock mounts. They get bolted to the shocktower first.

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Now we can fill them all with oil. I went with 42.5 wt oil in all 4.

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The bladder goes on next

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After we screw the shock cap on, we can slide on the spring and the lower spring perch.

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Now the shocks can be screwed to the mounts.

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Followed by the screws through the lower shock end. These things are shiny.

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All 4 shocks in place. This thing is really coming together.

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The kit comes with shock boots for all 4 shocks. However, as you can see here, after a few compressions they sort of had a vacuum effect on the shocks. They would cinch down and restrict movement. I had to poke a few holes in them to let the air in and out and prevent the vacuum effect.

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  2. Tom C says:

    An excellent write up with great tips!

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