Shock Therapy LIVE: How to Adjust Shocks 

J C great to hear JC, that’s why we do it

Michael Peace if you’ve got walkers they ride wonderfully with our stuff, but another option is our Fox RC2

Haha will do 👍

Kieran Mann we’re glad you like it!

Same, for my mountain bike suspensions high speed is for big quick hits like if you drove straight into a curb. Low speed would be for rolling whoops. When I had ST on my X3 and I wanted the chatter to be softer or more plush they said to soften low speed compression since the car wasn't moving as fast. It worked, but I'm still more confused than ever because I would have thought bobble head rocks and washboard stuff was high speed compression and rebound. Not sure what's right at this point.

Good question

Yes. When you turn One it does not adjust the other even through they both turn.

We have spring kits for KRX but only installed in house until the instructions are filmed in a week or so.

Good question. Yes we are ultimately trying to set the suspension in a droop/compression spot. We tell people in the spring kit instructions to account for tire and long travel by adding 1/2" more ride height to the measurements for each 1" of tire height over stock. Add an 1" in ride height for long travel. The reason we don't give a shock shaft measurement or a percentage of droop for people to set up is because it is next to impossible to measure this on the car. Springs and dividers are in the way and 1/4" of shock shaft can be 1" of ride height change in the front on some cars. It is just easier to measure the ride height and account for tires.

Pull it down with ratchet straps. Super easy. Next deflate the times a bit. Pretty normal stuff

@@ShockTherapyllc Thanks!!!

If it is a walker Shock then a new divider with a closer fit will help a lot. Keeping the shocks clean helps too

@@ShockTherapyllc Thanks for the info am thinking about machining a plastic Delrin or UHMW sleeve for mine to help with this issue 2018 RS1.

Could be either one. I would need video to tell you. Just try the rear and see if it helps or not. You will know real quick

@@ShockTherapyllc where can I send the video?

@@benjaminm7857 send it to mike.green@shocktherapyst.com. Tell him to show Justin

More pre load equals more spring tension and ride height. This will firm up the ride quality. If your cross over gap is too large the ride will be softer for a longer time through compression. It basically can cause bottoming out if it’s too large a gap. If your ride height is good then run it. If it bottoms out too easy then adjust your compression adjuster. If you end up with most of your adjustment put into the shock and it still bottoms out then lower your cross overs and start over with your compression adjuster. Hope this helps.

@@ShockTherapyllc certainly does - thank you! And thanks for answering on Xmas! :-)

@@Joe2Jock we all need to put our Christmas presents on ASAP! Right? Merry Christmas

Have shock therapy tune your suspension 😁

Great question. Most shocks today have a rebound adjuster that is basically opening or closing an oil passage in the shock shaft. This port is free flowing both directions (comp and Reb). Because of this you can say that the rebound has an affect on compression but it is minimal. With the rebound adjuster open you would see more slow movements in the suspension just like a low speed compression adjuster would control. With the rebound closed you would see less boaty movements in the suspension on the compression side just like closing off the low speed comp adjuster would do. How much? Well the affect of rebound all the way open or all the way shut on compression is about the same as one full turn on the low speed compression adjuster. There are shocks that have a one way check valve of sorts in the rebound circuit. Fox RC2s have this so that any rebound adjustment does not affect the compression system. We actually made our own nut on the end of the shock shaft that has a one way valve in it so we can run this on any shock to isolate the rebound. We run them on our race car (Fox IBP) and on other shocks for customers too. We saw a difference but it is minimal. Hope that helps with your question. Thank you with regard to the X3 rack. I am so pleased you like it. They really are bullet proof. Have a good one.

Thanks for the great answer. These new live videos are awesome, I don’t always catch them live but I’ve watched them all. Justin: I definitely want to vote for go into as much nerdy detail as you want, It’s great!

Softer compression settings are best for chop.

Basically we got a machine with basic reservoir shock bottom dial and top reservoir knob. We have the bottom in midding of 14 clicks the top we loosened all way and only went in 4.. at 6 the thing was way too unresponsive to chop ect rocks in New Hampshire trails. I know they ain't the baja 500 grade but seems like the setting at reservoir less clicks the better..