Deadeye

How many track miles and or hours should pss9's go between rebuilds?

jdistefa

We used to do them every 10-14 races. Depends how much you hop curbs. They are generally good for one rebuild, 2 if you get lucky... then junk `em

Deadeye

Thanks Matt. If that's the case, they are overdue. These must have close to 60 DE days on them

sbelles

Two years? I think mine have seven or eight on them. I guess it's time.

Hella-Buggin'

I'm curious to know how many actually failed vs taking the blame. Without a tear down it would be tough to know.

ckkrause

Out here on the left coast, I took my shocks to Performance Shock at Sears Pt. They tested them, found they were fine, and said they didn't need rebuilding.... Pretty rare for a company to turn down business... How else would you know they need replacing?

-Chuck

Deadeye

What kind of time/ miles did you have on them when tested?

jdistefa

Ultimately you'll know they need rebuild/replacement when one fails.

We had two fail over the years hence why we changed to an approach of preventative maintenance. Either that or carry a spare set with you.

The cost of rebuild is less than the cost of a ruined race weekend

sbelles

So, is it your theory that they work near optimal performance until they fail or did you see any degradation before hand?

jdistefa

^ Hey Scott.

My theory is that they are sh**ty shocks!

We are pounding the hell out of stuff that wasn't designed for that kinda use. I can only assume that we had seal failures which of course are hard to predict until they let go.

sbelles

Yes, I know but from what I've seen they work pretty much as designed up until they don't. I think I'll buy a new set at the end of the year and then rebuild the old ones for spares. It's hard to believe that they are still going after 8 years but they seem to be.

Gary R.

I would wait until you have a couple months down time and send them to be checked out/rebuilt, if they say they are toast buy new or save your $$ for other stuff. Worst case do it every season..