Zane - Poiali rear shocks- has any actually stripped one?

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I put a post up on the forum about 12? months ago about info about rebuilding Poiali rear shocks for Zanes. Lots of replies but no information. The best one was take it and get a pro to do it. Yeh, good. at about $250 each for 7 of them? There goes my beer money for the next 2 months......

I've stripped all the springs etc off the outside, but can someone tell what the secret is about getting nuts off the shaft, and the ends off the shock body?

Genuine help would be appreciated!

Regards, Greg
 
Yogi said:
I'm not going there - will leave it to ChrisK...
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ChrisK, ChrisK, where are you...

One would think that from an engineering construction perspective that the gold coloured bottom shock mount must unscrew from the chrome shock body, giving access to nuts of some sort on the shock shaft. Left or right hand thread? Held the shock body in my 3 jaw today, tried to undo it, didn't work....

Looking at it from another perspective, my concerns are rebound not working, and contamination in the shocks after 15+ years. Now that I have a shock with Nitrogen and oil drained, perhaps I should not pull it totally apart, but submerse it in some sort of liquid and pump the crap out of it, then put it back together and re gas.

But isn't there something about pulling these shocks apart whilst submerged, other wise it destroys the seal etc??? Oh well, at least now I can cut into sections with my angle grinder to see how they go together.

Sad isn't it??? Converse with myself on the forum cos no one has the answers. :( :-X

Regards, Greg
 
Shhh .... I'm in the therapist waiting room, she's taking ages with the current patient. Must be a tough case to crack.......

BTW, there's a nice red 3C, with Victorian plates, out in the car park. Looks just like Maurice's.  ;)
 
[quoteSad isn't it??? Converse with myself on the forum cos no one has the answers. :( :-X][/quote]

If you do attack it with the angle grinder - i've got a unit that i wont be using - Regards - Phil
 
chrisk said:
Shhh .... I'm in the therapist waiting room, she's taking ages with the current patient. Must be a tough case to crack.......
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ChrisK, Chrisk, where are you? What do you know???? Regards, Greg
 
phil37 said:
[quoteSad isn't it??? Converse with myself on the forum cos no one has the answers. :( :-X]

If you do attack it with the angle grinder - i've got a unit that i wont be using - Regards - Phil
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Thanks Phil. Appreciated, but I won't need it. At the moment I only need 4 of the 7 I have. But hey, I'm starting to look forward to getting into a Poiali with the angle grinder  (joker) :-\ I never got to dissect rats at school! This will be much more fun! :P

Regards, Greg
 
ghwallice said:
ChrisK, Chrisk, where are you? What do you know???? Regards, Greg
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Greg, I know nothing about Zanes ................

Yogi was making a joke, suggesting I'd come up with some crude and un-refined comment about some of the things in your first post.
(can someone tell what the secret is about getting nuts off the shaft)

I've turned over a new leaf, (proof is none of my posts of recent months have been gazumped) and won't fall for his tricky tactics.  :P

But I must admit, I was tempted ..............  :D

This may help getting your nuts off.
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chrisk said:
This may help getting your nuts off.
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I printed out the photo and left the shock sitting on it overnight in the shed. It still had it's nuts on....but it was maybe suffering a little sag and leakage?  ;)

Greg
 
ghwallice said:
I printed out the photo and left the shock sitting on it overnight in the shed. It still had it's nuts on....but it was maybe suffering a little sag and leakage?  ;)

Greg
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Greg, I have found the problem with you shocks nuts ............... they must be left handed threads, because if they didn't get off on that picture, they clearly swing the other way!
 
chrisk said:
Greg, I have found the problem with you shocks nuts ............... they must be left handed threads, because if they didn't get off on that picture, they clearly swing the other way!
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Thank god for that! At last! A practical response with a real outcome.... ???
 
ghwallice said:
Thanks Phil. Appreciated, but I won't need it. At the moment I only need 4 of the 7 I have. But hey, I'm starting to look forward to getting into a Poiali with the angle grinder  (joker) :-\ I never got to dissect rats at school! This will be much more fun! :P

Regards, Greg
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I finally cracked it! Yahoo!! kept looking at the picture, thinking that G is that tight one would have to tap it down with a screwdriver.. Hmmm put the shock in the vice, tapped the bottom flange down with a screwdriver, light press fit, it popped out, :o circlip underneath, Poiali apart!!! Now it's just get on to Racetech and get generic parts for the seal replacement, turn out the seal head to fit, and, easy peasy, all done....

However, I'm still a bit confused about locating her circlip.... :o
 
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