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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jhollowell" data-source="post: 2064553" data-attributes="member: 20013"><p>I've rebuilt Gen 2 non live valve shocks and they're a bit of a PIA.  The fronts are difficult because the bypass tube is threaded into the bottom eyelet, so you have to heat it up to break the loctite so you can access the IFP underneath.  The rears are difficult because the IFP in the piggy back doesn't have a threaded hole so there isn't an easy way to get it out and its also difficult to cycle it when bleeding the air out.  I was successful on a few sets but due to the difficulties i stopped rebuilding them.  I think the live valves have the threaded hole in the rear IFP so that should help quite a bit but i think you need to power the live valve to get it to open and do a proper bleed.</p></blockquote><p></p>