Shock bleeding adapters

Hi

Anybody who knows the tread size for the different shocks, preferably showa and kyb. Want to try and make them myself.

I have for the WP and Øhlins shocks already.

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Sorry, i don’t know the thread diameter/pitch but are you making Bleed cups like these ? DRC makes the ones in the pic but i’d be interested in how you DIY. 

3/11/2024 11:31pm

Hi

I have seen  these, and they look nice, but i would like some fittings to use with my vakuum filler. 
 

There are kit's you can buy for a couple houndred bucks, but with shipping and import taxes to Norway it will be kinda expensive. 

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4/3/2024 4:01am

If you're in a pinch, you can take a stock bladder cap, drill it out, put a hollow threaded tube or NPT fitting through the middle and a flat dish larger then the ID of the reservoir to keep it from sucking into the body and cutting the sealing ring off the bottom of a bladder to keep it all sealed. Lainer suspension makes a vacuum bleeder and their adapter set is similar to that way instead of using the adjuster hole. If you have access to a decent lathe, you could just copy the Lainer design but they also have a division in Italy, which should make it import tax free for you and shipping should be fairly reasonable if you just buy their kit.    

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