More Problems with Gio's Nitrogen Shocks.

jaloos · 07-06-2012, 12:37 AM

Well had one of the so called performance shocks seperate at the piston the other day while riding. Looks like the problems with these things keep popping up.

kens · 07-06-2012, 01:16 AM

did it unthread or break ??

jaloos · 07-06-2012, 01:24 AM

unthreaded

Weldangrind · 07-06-2012, 01:39 AM

Are you able to apply a little red Loctite and screw it back in?

jaloos · 07-06-2012, 01:58 AM

Na either its a nut on the piston or the piston just spins with it.

May just make a tool and see about disecting it.

Weldangrind · 07-06-2012, 02:03 AM

Please take pics if you do.

jaloos · 07-15-2012, 11:03 AM

Well looks like Gio figured out how to deal with the leaking bladder issue.

THERE IS NONE

They have completely taken the bladder out and replaced the end cap of the res with a 2 o ring plug wow. By the looks of things the whole res is now for holding nitrogen and the little white plug (shown below) just floats up and down inside the main cylinder and adjusts the amount of internal volume of the main body. Two issues I see with this setup:

1 If you lose pressure and bottom a shock the white diaphram in the main cylinder will be forced up too high and you will loose oil to the otherwise empty res. ( I can only assume the res is empty and the shock seperated and the oil from in there may have been dumped, although it did look pretty clean and oil free when I opened it.

2 If varying the volume of the cylinder is meant to change the dampening then what are the holes in the piston doing. Seems to me the oil will travel at the same rate through the holes no matter what size or pressure the main cylinder has.

Either way I see these things as poorly designed and manufatured pieces of junk and a total rip off at anything higher in price than free.

07-06-2012, 12:37 AM	#1
jaloos Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Trail - B.C. - Canada Posts: 158	More Problems with Gio's Nitrogen Shocks. Well had one of the so called performance shocks seperate at the piston the other day while riding. Looks like the problems with these things keep popping up. __________________ I started out with nothing and I still have most of it left. Pocket Bike Canada is a deceitful retailer. Stay away from them.
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07-06-2012, 01:24 AM	#3
jaloos Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Trail - B.C. - Canada Posts: 158	unthreaded __________________ I started out with nothing and I still have most of it left. Pocket Bike Canada is a deceitful retailer. Stay away from them.
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07-06-2012, 01:39 AM	#4
Weldangrind Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sardis, BC, Canada Posts: 25,977	Are you able to apply a little red Loctite and screw it back in? __________________ Weldangrind "I figure I'm well-prepared for coping with a bike that comes from the factory with unresolved issues and that rewards the self-reliant owner." - Buccaneer
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07-06-2012, 01:58 AM	#5
jaloos Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Trail - B.C. - Canada Posts: 158	Na either its a nut on the piston or the piston just spins with it. May just make a tool and see about disecting it. __________________ I started out with nothing and I still have most of it left. Pocket Bike Canada is a deceitful retailer. Stay away from them.
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07-06-2012, 02:03 AM	#6
Weldangrind Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sardis, BC, Canada Posts: 25,977	Please take pics if you do. __________________ Weldangrind "I figure I'm well-prepared for coping with a bike that comes from the factory with unresolved issues and that rewards the self-reliant owner." - Buccaneer
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07-06-2012, 01:16 AM	#2
kens Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Golden BC Posts: 123	did it unthread or break ??
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07-15-2012, 11:03 AM	#7
jaloos Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Trail - B.C. - Canada Posts: 158	Well looks like Gio figured out how to deal with the leaking bladder issue. THERE IS NONE They have completely taken the bladder out and replaced the end cap of the res with a 2 o ring plug wow. By the looks of things the whole res is now for holding nitrogen and the little white plug (shown below) just floats up and down inside the main cylinder and adjusts the amount of internal volume of the main body. Two issues I see with this setup: 1 If you lose pressure and bottom a shock the white diaphram in the main cylinder will be forced up too high and you will loose oil to the otherwise empty res. ( I can only assume the res is empty and the shock seperated and the oil from in there may have been dumped, although it did look pretty clean and oil free when I opened it. 2 If varying the volume of the cylinder is meant to change the dampening then what are the holes in the piston doing. Seems to me the oil will travel at the same rate through the holes no matter what size or pressure the main cylinder has. Either way I see these things as poorly designed and manufatured pieces of junk and a total rip off at anything higher in price than free. __________________ I started out with nothing and I still have most of it left. Pocket Bike Canada is a deceitful retailer. Stay away from them.
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