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Nitrogen
hughes:
Nice!!! I got my rear shock rebuilt this week and charge it to 160 psi of nitrogen and used 3wt. Bel-Ray HVI Suspenion fluid. Man it rides so go now :lol: Thanks Rick for your Sticky post about rear shock rebuilds. This was my first rebuild of a rear shock and everything went as planned. :lol:
Hogwylde:
--- Quote from: Rowdy-Yates ---I will add this Nitrogen does not expand and contract due to heat like air. Also it does not condensate.
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WRONG! Nitrogen expands and contracts due to heat just like air. In fact, air is 78% nitrogen. The reason shocks are charged with nitrogen instead of plain ole air is A) there will be no moisture present, B) the nitrogen will have a more CONSISTENT expansion rate than a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, argon, CO2, etc (air), and C) nitrogen is a noble gas and will not react with the rubber bladder causing deterioration of said bladder.
Recall your basic chemistry......P=nRT/V. Pressure is equal to a constant (n) times rate of expansion (R) times temperature (T) divided by volume (V). As you can see the pressure of ANY gas is directly related to the temperature of the gas. Change the temp and you change the pressure.
Rowdy-Yates:
LOL sorry I would never remember any basic chemistry. I am just a guy that likes dirtbikes. I was telling of information that I have heard from other people. Also I am not really here to get peeps pissed off from my opinions. Nitrogen Gas = inert. BTW I will stick to my first comment. Because what you have said is exactly what I said. I just gave a basic oakie explanation.
mikesmith:
You were a little hard on Rowdy there!
GDubb:
D**n, you guys are smart.... I know this... ME+Chemistry=Notad**nthing. Sure glad this site came up on my google search!!!!
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