DAHON X-FUSION, User Manual

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• Add lubrication to the main piston, piston rings an seals. “Slick Honey”
or a non-lithium grease should be used. A light smear of grease on the air
sleeve threads will help on assembly.
• Slide the air sleeve over the main shock body and then clamp the eyelet
of the main body in a vise. Slide the air sleeve towards the air sleeve eyelet
as far as you can. At this point the negative air is trapped and building
pressure. Insert a 12mm steel bar, if available into the air sleeve eyelet and
push down as you continue to pull up on the air sleeve. Engage the threads
of the air sleeve and eyelet, then tighten while compressing both parts.
>> Alternatively, install the shock on the bike temporarily to gain enough leverage to compress the shock and engage
the threads of the air sleeve and eyelet.
• Turn the assembly over and clamp the air sleeve eyelet in the vise. Tighten the air sleeve with the strap wrench.
• Insert valve core into air valve
• Charge shock with 170psi. Install air valve cap
• Reinstall shock onto bike and set air pressure and sag to previous settings.
• It is normal after an air sleeve service to see signs of the fresh grease on the shock body after the first few rides. This
is a temporary condition.