tblandy Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Hi all, just rebuilding some shocks from the scorpion extreme kit, what oil do they take and how much? Are they oram made? Thanks Ty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishbosh Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Extreme Snake Oil should do the trick. My coat? Why thank you!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tblandy Posted April 30, 2009 Author Share Posted April 30, 2009 Same Snake oil that is a traditional Chinese medicine used to treat joint pain ??? Think my Grandma has some! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GL88 Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Or, trying to be constructive, I'd have a look at the world of motorcycles. It is rather a long time since I was up on bikes but I'm aware that there are a number of specialists who rebuild motorcycle shock absorbers so google should help you to contact one of them. And in my day as a biker we used to replace the ATF in motorbike forks with Bel Ray fork oil which was obtainable in a range of viscosities (which suggests you'll need to know what the original was). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 IIRC the Scrapiron ones were Oram from Italy, weren't they ? If so, these are based on Ohlins dampers, so check the specs in the chart below. A lot of car dampers generally use something around the SAE 5wt range in damper fluids. (Koni, etc) Unfortunately this covers a hell of a range of actual kinematic viscosities ! IMO the 'best' damper fluids are generally Silkolene RSF, (Penske use this) Motul Factory Line, Torco RFF, (Fox and King use this) Redline or a little known one from the US called Primus Racing shock fluid that has the highest VI of any fluid I've seen. It's ideal if you are running a Dakar and regularly cook your damper fluid This is the most complete list of damper fluids I know of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Some of this perhaps? Where's me coat..... quick Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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