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hughes:
My brain is alittle clouded on what the nitrogen does for my rear shock. Here in a few days I will attempt to change the oil and have the bladder re-charged. What affects does different nitrogen pressures have on my shock :?: Because I was thinking of having my local shop fill the bladder to the highest spec. for my shock. I figure I could easy enough let some nitrogen out rather than put it back in. Thanks

Rick:
How much do you plan to have put in your shock bladder?

hughes:
Rick,

My Clymer manual say the spec. for nitrogen bladder is low side 142 psi.- high side 213 psi. I was going to let my dealer re-charge the bladder to at least 200 psi for a starting point.(easier to let some pressure out than put in back in). I started the disassembly of the shock this afternoon. I found zero nitrogen pressure in the bladder and very little oil in the shock. I would really like to know how the nitrogen effects or works with the shock. Thanks.

Paul:
Mainly it keeps the shock fluid under pressure to prevent foaming.

teamgreen500:
In the perfect World, there would be NO air in your shock...just nice inert gasses, like Nitrogen. That's the design intent of the Bladder.

Manny

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