Speculation…but do Showa provide approved oil level and nitrogen pressures? I imagine all factory teams would have to run within those approved ranges whereas a non-factory team like this may stray outside the approved ranges looking for more performance and end up with pressure spikes the shock can’t handle?…
When you vac bleed a shock the amount of gas pressure usually decides the oil volume, if it had too much it would likely run into hydro locking issues way before this i would think. Id bet a good amount of money it was just a material failure and an extremely rare one.
@@lukekelly5115 not to go into a back and forth…but technically I would call hydrolocking a case where there is 100% oil volume and no gas, which of course would never be the case. However I imagine pressure would start spiking significantly with additional oil above the manufacturers spec..not saying that did happen but seems like a possibility.
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Speculation…but do Showa provide approved oil level and nitrogen pressures? I imagine all factory teams would have to run within those approved ranges whereas a non-factory team like this may stray outside the approved ranges looking for more performance and end up with pressure spikes the shock can’t handle?…
Thanks for watching and the comment. Unsure about that. The level of involvement is usually a decision of the team.
When you vac bleed a shock the amount of gas pressure usually decides the oil volume, if it had too much it would likely run into hydro locking issues way before this i would think. Id bet a good amount of money it was just a material failure and an extremely rare one.
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@@lukekelly5115 not to go into a back and forth…but technically I would call hydrolocking a case where there is 100% oil volume and no gas, which of course would never be the case. However I imagine pressure would start spiking significantly with additional oil above the manufacturers spec..not saying that did happen but seems like a possibility.
@@lukekelly5115your first statements or assumptions are not correct. It's a little too much to text here to explain.