- Location
- Hammertown, USA
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Team NAXJA/Petty Cash Racing stock class KOH XJ build
- Thread starter Goatman
- Start date
RedHeep
NAXJA #1499
- Location
- Landenberg, PA
- Location
- Hammertown, USA
you could have had all the ice cream in the world. i suspect the recovery crews were
we spent half of the race stuck in the mud in the rocks. a very messy race.
4th place. i really wanted to leave these guys a podium spot, but 4th plus a fully race prepped car when they get home will be enough i guess.
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SC Rednek
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Winchester TN
Looks like you got almost as muddy as my jeep today!
- Location
- Virginia City, NV
POSJ
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Minot ND, Unfortunately
That mud makes me sad...
- Location
- Hammertown, USA
that jeep didn't get muddy.
that mud got a jeep stuck in it. pull it out!
that mud got a jeep stuck in it. pull it out!
Lowrange2
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Abbeville, SC
Ugh. Mud sucks.
You shoulda said something. The nitrogen setup is sitting about 15' away from your car right now.
I've been to a couple of the big dog desert race shops between races. Often times the car is stripped to the bare chassis. Notice how the majority of trophy trucks and Class1 cars aren't actually painted. That's cause they get stripped down to nothing after every race, scrubbed with scotchbrite and WD-40, every weld inspected for cracks, repairs made, then reassembled with all new hardware.
It's fairly straightforward. Discharge the shock by pressing in on the schrader valve, then open it up and dump out all the oil. Usually we put all new seals and such in at this time as 90% of the work is already being done. Inspect the valving shims and replace if they are getting worn out, dump new fluid in, reassemble, and recharge with nitrogen.
The only reason most people can't do this at home is because they don't have the nitrogen setup. The shocks get charged to around 200PSI. Nothing real special about it, but you do need a tank, high pressure regulator, and proper hose and fill valve.
- Location
- Torrance, CA
How much did the regulator run, out of curiosity? I've got a couple of motorcycle shocks to rebuild and the only thing I can't do myself is charge them and you live too damn far away. :confused1
RedHeep
NAXJA #1499
- Location
- Landenberg, PA
I can do them at work, does that help? :viking:
N20Jeep
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- J-Ville,FL
you can piece it together cheaper, but you can buy the entire charging setup ready to go (minus the tank) for 150-175ish off amazon/ebay
RedHeep
NAXJA #1499
- Location
- Landenberg, PA
Our tire servicing kits are calibrated. When they fail calibration, which is a pretty tight tolerance, they go to DRMO. I bet if you looked around some gov auction sites you could get them pretty cheap. They'd be more than accurate for what you guys were trying to do.
- Location
- Torrance, CA
Can you get an NSN on it so I can keep my eye out?
RedHeep
NAXJA #1499
- Location
- Landenberg, PA
I'll send it to you.
- Location
- Torrance, CA
Thanks!
Not sure what all is in your tire servicing kits, but a normal nitrogen regulator doesn't do the pressures needed in a shock, and I can't imagine any tires needing 2-300psi.
As for cost, it's been so many years I can't remember.
POSJ
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Minot ND, Unfortunately
Main landing gear tire pressure on a B-52H is between 240psi and 305psi depending on fuel and ordinance load...
RedHeep
NAXJA #1499
- Location
- Landenberg, PA
The nose tires on a V-22 are 250 psi. I'm not talking about 235/75/15's. The portable nitrogen cylinder we use has 3000 psi in it.
Do you think I would make that suggestion without knowing what I was talking about?
