I have not experienced this yet on mine. I do have my suspension completely worked over and I feel like I remember talking to Gary at G-force and he talked about valving and better fluid changing that fade point. There are people who race the X and don't hear of them having this problem. I think I might call Gary up and ask him about it. I am taking one of my other machines to him in a few weeks. I'll let you know what he says about it. I'm curious now!)
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are you bottoming out the shock? the harshness could be the shock going into bottom out control, they almost hydrolock. also check the nitrogen, if it's low it'll add to this issue.
Yup.... sames ones I used but under a different brand nameHere ya go........
FOX Shock UTV High Volume Nitrogen Reservoir End Cap | Schmidty Racing Suspensions
These High Volume Nitrogen Reservoir End Caps are designed to replace the rubber pellet or screw style OEM cap from Fox. These Schmidty Racing Suspension caps increase capacity and improve cooling of the shock.www.schmidtyracing.com
I have the same ones on my car.
So I called and talked to Gary at G-Force Racing and Suspension technology. He stated that the valving on the stock set up would cause more heat and would Create shock fade sooner. He said it is like shoving fluid through a pin head....he uses fluid that is made to his specifications and without giving a number (because there are a lot of variables) you would not experience the same fade. The heat obviously breaks the oil down. The engine in the rear of a sxs does not help the heat build up on the rear shocks either. But valving does effect that heat build up too. We also talked about how important it is to really know what a person is doing with the valving. He just did 2 R's that had been done by a company out west, I won't use names, but that it was horrible and sad that money was spent and those were the way the valving was setup. He said the guy said slow got a little better but high speed was still bad. The valving was causing it all. It was just plain lack of knowing what and how to set that up fully. Gary is getting my YXZ with X2 shocks on it this weekend to rebuild and setup. We have already started talking about the setup for my R if I get it. My suspension will go nowhere else but to him! Hes just a great guy and has always taken the time to talk with me about it.. Just my .02!
