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Old 11-28-2009, 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by capitalist_slave
Can't wait to get my RK Shocks installed...
I have my 1.75" 'lowering kit' on order, headed this way, via USPS.
Gonna borrow a jack this week and hopefully have em on next weekend.


Anyone here tie the shocks together to equalize the pressure...?

Have access to Brass and Stainless tubing + all the fittings. Not sure how good i could make it look.

You may not want to use hard line on it. They pivot & will eventually cause line failure.
 
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Old 11-28-2009, 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by mreed
You may not want to use hard line on it. They pivot & will eventually cause line failure.
Very true, even coming right off the top of the shock i'd imagine there would still be some pivot and torsion on the hard lines which would eventually cause cracks to occur due to metal fatigue.
The stock lines are tubing of some sort from what i've seen.

Just wondering if anyone kept the lines tied together (using stock RK plumbing?), or some other method.
I'm not sure how much difference it would make having a slight pressure difference VS equilibrium between both shocks... probably a negligible difference.

Has anyone kept the stock RK set-up and applied it to their Nighty..??


[In all honesty, i'll probably just do the Schrader Valve thing.
Use a digital tire guage to get them both to 5psi... then call it good and go Cadillac.]
 
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