fox 2.0 shock rebuild

Courtesy of dezert dimes member “tailgunner” here is a write up on rebuilding your 2.0 shocks..

alright, here is a thread on fox 2.0 x 8″ stroke remote resivior shocks

first,loosen the allen key on the dust cap, unscrew dust cap

pull dust cap up, discharge nitrogenin resivoir, push down on shock seal and remove c-clip

pull shaft out. dump oil. press in the shreder valve resi end and remove c-clip

put shock body over bucket and drain oil in resivoir into bucket by using somthin long to press down on the IFP pushing oil into shock body

push hose end into resi body and remove c-clip, remove hose end and push IFP out

take off nut on shaft and take out shim stacks (recommend doing one at a time so you can use one for reference) and remove everthing. replace all seals using a scribe if needed.

using turtle wax chrome and metal polish and a dremel tool with buffer pad, apply liberal amount of polish and buff it to restore shine.

install rebuilt dust cap and seal thingie on shaft, and put on large thick washer and .020″ small shim. it is the only one that get reused during revalving. since the stock compression was .008″ compression and .010″ rebound, and the truck and kit it is going on (ball licker kit) i decided that it needed .012″ compression and .012″ rebound. so on the bottom goes the compresson stack.

then the valve body

then the rebound stack and two washers and the nut. torque to 30 ft pounds.

on the resivoir put in the IFP at the shrader valve end (lube body and seal with shock oil) and fill with oil (round side of IFP, not hollow side). attach the hose end and install c-clip

with an 11″ resivior mark somthing like the post i used with an 8″ mark and keeping the shock body upright, push the IFP in to the 8″ mark, which will also purge the air out of the resivior.

install shrader cap and c-clip. install shaft with a rocking motion and press down on seal head to insert c-clip. the goal to getting the air out is to have oil pour over the sides when inserting seal head before the o-ring on the seal head goes into shock body. screw on dust cap. fill with nitrogen and tighten dust cap, then tighten allen key screw. done. to get a shine that lasts, polish bodies with above mentioned polish, then clean with windex, the give it two wax jobs using car wax, and then a spritz of the spray on wax, and buff.

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after