Does anyone have a really gellin' secret about filling these shocks? I'm about to throw them away. Garbage. bradmjohnson@gmail.com

fill them halfway with oil, take the piston with the internals arranged per the instructions, push all of it slowly into the shock, push the piston to the bottom, screw the threaded cap on, the piston should push itself out as you screw on the cap. when its all together, the piston should rebound slowly and come out about half of it length after you push it all the way in, any more or if it pops right back quickly, the shock is over filled.

BTW, you might want to try asking the silvas about their shocks under oval product support? ...... i also understand you may be frustrated, but you'll get further not calling their stuff garbage. They post on their thread and are more then helpful with anyone having questions about their products

Brad: check out the "technical" section on www.swiftracingproducts.com (http://www.swiftracingproducts.com) we've got some articles on the Silva shocks.

Rich: Congrats on your Focar win!!!

Thanks for the advice. I'm only frustrated by the fact that when you redesign a product it should get better - not worse. When that happens you get garbage.

BradJ products are only as good as the people using/assembling them. for every 100 shocks they sell, you get two guys calling them junk/garbage. that leads me to believe that it's the operator.

i agree with Mike. i have never had a problem with silva side shocks.

BradJ, please send me a e-mail so I can talk to you about the correct way to assemble the shocks. I redesigned them to make it better and easier for the end user. I will help you out any way to make them right for you.


Duane Silva
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Silva side shocks are butter.They build just as good as the ASS. ones if not better so I would change the way u build them. I build mine the same way as my ASS. ones. What problem are you haveing.

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Mine are working great now that I learned not to overfill them,they won't work if you try to get full rebound.1/8 to 1/2 at most, rebound is all you need with these shocks.

BradJ products are only as good as the people using/assembling them. for every 100 shocks they sell, you get two guys calling them junk/garbage. that leads me to believe that it's the operator.


i disagree with this statement.. ive bought 2 sets of silva sides.. one when they first came out, and i gave them another chance a while later.. they both leaked.. i gave them to more then enough people to try and build... they didnt have problems wuith theres, so i let them try.. they leaked and leaked alot....ill stick with my vcs shocks.. nothing compares to the smoothness of them.. i dont mind rebuilding every raceday either.. i do like the silva bulk pack foam and o rings.. i do use them ...

i disagree with this statement.. ive bought 2 sets of silva sides.. one when they first came out, and i gave them another chance a while later.. they both leaked.. i gave them to more then enough people to try and build... they didnt have problems wuith theres, so i let them try.. they leaked and leaked alot....ill stick with my vcs shocks.. nothing compares to the smoothness of them.. i dont mind rebuilding every raceday either.. i do like the silva bulk pack foam and o rings.. i do use them ...

Burbs,you can also try the CRC durashocks,haven't heard any complaints about leakage on them and My first set has been leak free so far.

I haven't had a problem with the CRC shocks either. I've had an issue with one of the silva shocks leaking though. The other one works great.

For people having problems with the shocks leaking, you can try some Associated Green Slim on the threads. Green slim is a Teflon base product that should help seal up the tolerances between the body and cap. I have had numerous racers try it with success. Gentlemen give it a try and let us know.
Daryl Silva

Maybe you guys are over teching them. I bought a brand new set of Silva side shocks and they were the first pair I had ever assembled from scratch. Following the directions (instead of any preconceived notions!) my set is smooth as glass and not nary a leak! LOL

Daryl,

Where can we find this green slime?

Green slime is associated part number 1105 and sells for $2.50

-Monti-

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Burbs,you can also try the CRC durashocks,haven't heard any complaints about leakage on them and My first set has been leak free so far.

pepe thats wht i have now.. i started the dura shock thread, and was sold instantly..

I used a small piece of teflon tape on the threads of my silva shocks and have had no leaks.The slime works too....

IS there any reason why the ASSOC/ SILVA / and/or CRC Micro type shocks can't be mounted upside down (Adjuster to the INSIDE)

I've been doing this for the past couple races...and it sure makes adjustment easier. But am I losing anything by doing this?

Standard mounting has the lighter piston attached to the pod, not sure if the weight of moving the shock body is a big deal. Have seen several racers run this way, as you said, easier adjustment.

I don't think you're losing anything, I've seen several people run their shocks that way without any loss of performance.

I never had a silva shock leak on me:thumbsup: .

By turning them around, with the main body on the inside... your increasing the 'unsprung' weight slightly I think... but probably not enough to make much of a differance, perticularly since the pod motor assembly itself is ALOT more unsprung wieght then the shock body is.... Your also raising that weight up a bit higher then it would be if it were left to the outside...

How does having the adjusters to the inside aid in making the adjustments? Seems to me they would be harder to get to when you've go the body on the car. Typicaly you just reach inside the body and twist the adjuster when they are mounted to the outside... this seems easiest to me.

it makes it easier to adjust for me...cause it gets the nuts away from the body posts.

My EXTRA Large fingers aren't nimble enough around the body mounts...

right on about being easier to adjust with them in reversed, been doing that for about a year.

did you get them to work i just want to find out how they are do they leak less than VCS

I've only got 2 runs on my new Durashocks and love them. I've looked at the SILVA shocks too and they look great too. The guys I know who are running those say No Probs.

I don't know the guys from CRC , but everything I've ever seen from them is usually good stuff.

I DO know the SILVA's...and have to say, they will give you satisfaction TOO. They don't aim to be 2nd at anything they do...

I bought dura-shocks. First time they were full and not leaking. Good bye silva shocks!