Gen 1 Vs Gen 2 Shocks Facts Only

[TomDirt]

Well, this sucks. I'm upgrading my rear shocks to Gen 2 (2017) 3.0 Foxes. During the conversion from the Fox valving to regular Schrader valves, the tap cut 4 or 5 turns before the (blue) reservoir cap started to rotate. Now, I'm trying to find a local shop that's equipped to take apart the pair of reservoirs, clamp the caps in a proper round vise, complete drilling, tapping , and installing the Schraders, then reassembling and charging them.

 

[Jhollowell]

You should be able to just push the cap down, remove the circlip and pull the cap out. Then just chuck it in a vise with some soft jaws and finish tapping. maybe find a used lathe chuck to clamp it in if you need more force and don't want to put some flat spots on the cap.

 

[TomDirt]

I'm hoping I can find someone local to do it that already has the correct size clamp and a bottle of nitrogen. It sounds like it's about an hour for both of them, so that's the good news.