Shock oil?

[Muleears]

I have searched and found lots on fork oil, but nothing on replacing shock oil. My bike does have oil in the shocks, correct? Is there a DIY on changing it somewhere? Or is it so simple a DIY isn't necessary?

OT: what wildcards can we use in the searches?

Thanks in advance

[debron]

Place + in front of a word which must be found and - in front of a word which must not be found. Put a list of words separated by | into brackets if only one of the words must be found. Use * as a wildcard for partial matches.

[Muleears]

Place + in front of a word which must be found and - in front of a word which must not be found. Put a list of words separated by | into brackets if only one of the words must be found. Use * as a wildcard for partial matches.

Thanks Ron, now maybe I'll find it.

[JHD]

NorCal Voyagers has video on shock oil change. I changed mine a few years back and used a 1/ and 1/2 mixture of 10 & 5 wt fork oil. A number of manufactures make a 7 wt shock oil.

[SgtSlag]

Oops! Thought you wanted help with the fork tubes... Sorry.

[Muleears]

Oops! Thought you wanted help with the fork tubes... Sorry.

Hey! I'll take any advice offered! Thanks!

I've found how much oil I need to put back in after draining and the method to do so, but haven't found what kind... Do they use fork oil?

I'm no lightweight so the damping will need to be robust.....

[debron]

I also got the NorCal Voyagers video ($10) and it was a great help on changing the shock oil. I may have used synthetic 7wt (or 7.5wt) fork oil. Can't remember for sure. But I highly recommend the video!