Loss of rear shock pressure

buzz1

Hi, just finished building my first full susser XC bike, never had an air shock before and found it to be loosing pressure when sat dormant for a few days, is this normal, do you have to keep pumping them up?
btw, it's a manitou 3 way swinger air 08 shock

supersonic

How much air are we talking about? The act of checking the pressure will remove a little - I take it you mean more than this?

buzz1

well i'm running it at 175psi, left it for a week, jumped on it only to find it a bit too soft, when I put the pump back on it, it was showing around 80psi, that cant be right, can it?

supersonic

No, that's farked! Time to send it away for a service, or if under warranty contact the retailer.

buzz1

Will do then as it's only a month old!



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dayo

i had the same problem a few weeks ago,after a few days the neg pressure was zero,
took my shock off,found the bottom half of the shock can had worked loose,took it apart gave it a clean put it back together, tightned it back up and it seems okay,must have been leaking from the top seal.
Chris

buzz1

cheers guys might have a little look when i take it off first then.