Has anyone besides me wondered why we are not using nitrogen in the TSS? Nitrogen is DRY and doesn't fluctuate with temp change.
TSS with Nitrogen
- Thread starter isaacmuller
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i have not seen some portable nitrogen pump to adjust this on the hill or even a affordable setup to be doing it in a shop.
Then to think that Timbersled has to provide this with EVERY kit. not feasible.
If it was a non adjustable sealed shock this could be a reality.
Then to think that Timbersled has to provide this with EVERY kit. not feasible.
If it was a non adjustable sealed shock this could be a reality.
Having had in the range of 40 floats over the last 10 years and never having changed my PSI for barometric pressure or temp... I feel pretty comfortable that using nitrogen (er, using 30% more nitrogen than is found in air) is not needed.
I get the idea, but in reality it's a non issue imo.
I get the idea, but in reality it's a non issue imo.
Same thing they came up with when people said it would be that much better using them in air forks.
My buddy is using Nitrogen on his, because his air compressor doesn't go high enough, the hand pump takes too long, and he has Nitrogen for doing bike suspensions.
I am setup to charge nitrogen in my shop so thought I would start there with nitrogen. Then I could always fine tune with air pump on the slopes. I feel that would leave less moisture in the shock. Does anyone think the moisture we are pumping into the shock will have adverse effects on the longevity of the shock?
I haven't.
Fox has been building air shocks for the last how many years with how many probably millions of shocks in use?
Don't try and reinvent the wheel guys. Go ride and enjoy these things without stressing out quite so much!
I just wanted to use nitrogen because I didn't want to use the little hand pump. I went ahead and pumped her up to 320 with nitrogen. Only took 3 minutes. Worked great.
The air we breath is 78% nitrogen. BUT, thats not the main reason for using Nitrogen in shocks/tires. The main reason is to keep the moisture out and make it less sensitive to temperature change.
I always ran nitrogen in my fox floats. I even took it a step further and first hooked up the vacuum pump to them to remove any moisture in the shock, then fill with nitrogen.
If you have the stuff on hand (I also ran it in my dirt track race car tires) its easy to use and it does help performance wise. Eric
I always ran nitrogen in my fox floats. I even took it a step further and first hooked up the vacuum pump to them to remove any moisture in the shock, then fill with nitrogen.
If you have the stuff on hand (I also ran it in my dirt track race car tires) its easy to use and it does help performance wise. Eric
