I had an idea on how to mod an off the shelf car shock
and convert it to an air spring.

Drill a hole and drain the oil. Tig weld or braze a pipe
fitting on. refill with oil and plumb to an air pressure
can.

Paul Lamar

You can buy shocks that way now. Takes the fun out of when the shock
will blow up when the oil vapourizes from the heat.

Dale Davies

Got any specific car model suggestions Dale.
Preferably something heavy like a sport ute or pickup truck.

Got any junk ones lying around I can play with and test.
I'll pay shipping. I need mono tubes.

Paul Lamar



What you want is "remote reservoir shocks" for off road apps. I give the
 site
 for Bilstein only. Search off road shocks and other manufacturers
 will be listed.

<http://www.4wheelparts.com/parts/bilstein/shocks.aspx

 Off road should give the weight capacity you are looking for and you
 should be
 able to vary the air or gas charge in the reservoir for tuning.

 Dale Davies

The Wheeler board has some info regarding failure of the nose gear from
 lateral loads. Specifically, they warn against
parking until the nose wheel is straight. With this info, I have decided
 to use 2 shock/spring units in a V shape
instead of one vertical member like the pics in this thread are showing.
 This will help support the system laterally
approximately 18 inches from the mounting point helping with side loads,
 and allow the use of 2 smaller units instead of
one larger shock.

Kevin Alderman

Everybody has trouble with nose gears including Van. It is because most
pilots land crabbed in a cross wind.

Paul Lamar

I found out what does not work. Cost me $25 :)
I was hoping to luck out.


A Gabriel ProGuard #61565 Hecho en Mexico for a Chevy Taho is a two tube
shock and useless for our purposes. Here is a picture of all the
parts.

Paul Lamar

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