Sachs reat shock rebuild/service

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Sheikh

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Looking for information on the teardown and fluid change procedure for the stock Sachs rear shock. TIA
 
bp_SFV4 said:
Throw it away and buy an Ohlins, Mupo or Bitubo shock.
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Ask a simple question, and they come crawling out of the woodwork. Typical. . .

Okay, you give me the money for one of those, and I'll buy it.

No?

I thought not. If anyone is SERIOUS about helping, instead of being a jerk, some information would be helpful.
 
Dude. Ponder buying into the tooling, equipment and knowledge into rebuilding a Sachs shock vs just buying a MUCH better after market alternative. I wasn't being a jerk until I read your .... response.

Give you...No one will give you ..... Don't have enough money? Then earn more.
 
bp_SFV4 said:
Dude. Ponder buying into the tooling, equipment and knowledge into rebuilding a Sachs shock vs just buying a MUCH better after market alternative. I wasn't being a jerk until I read your .... response.

Give you...No one will give you ..... Don't have enough money? Then earn more.
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First off, money is not the object. I'm frugal, and retired, and have the skill set and tools necessary to just rebuild the shock as I desire. I was just asking for pointers or official documentation on the process for this particular unit. This is actually only the 2nd question I've asked on these forums, simply because of people like you, who can't just answer a simple question but have to put their 2 cents worth of opinions into everything they type. i just want an answer to my question, not dissertations from captain obvious.
 
Be more of a self-righteous d-bag. For ..... sake...

If you have the skills and tools, why the post?

You don't get a say in the answers you receive. That's up to everyone else who reads your post.

I've read your other content here, and if I may extend the olive branch, I've been a fan and agreed with your other posts. I don't know what the .... you are doing here though. Rebuilding a Sachs shock has never been a thing since I've been in the Ducati family circa 2014. They are generally considered to be ...., or less stated, on the lower end of quality.
 
Sheikh said:
Looking for information on the teardown and fluid change procedure for the stock Sachs rear shock. TIA
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I think the biggest issue might be getting parts if required, as far as just a service i would think any suspension shop could do that as long as they have the vaccum pump, we've done a BMW one but was literally just vacuum down and re-gas, we didn't have any information on gas pressure so we went between WP and Ohlins and set it at 5bar
Do you have a suspension vacuum pump? Can you post any information on the model of the shock and i will try and find something
 
Bruce Wayne said:
I think the biggest issue might be getting parts if required, as far as just a service i would think any suspension shop could do that as long as they have the vaccum pump, we've done a BMW one but was literally just vacuum down and re-gas, we didn't have any information on gas pressure so we went between WP and Ohlins and set it at 5bar
Do you have a suspension vacuum pump? Can you post any information on the model of the shock and i will try and find something
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Thanks for the reply, Bruce. I have access to both a vacuum pump and airport-grade Nitrogen systems for replenishing the charge in the pressure vessel. The stopping point for me is not being able to find a service manual or rebuild kit information . .heck even oil viscocity rating, for the standard Sachs shock. The only number I've been able to glean is 17295902 from an Ebay ad, but even that is iffy. Ducati lists it as PN #36521022A, but searches for that are fruitless. TIA
 
We use the K-tech shock oil it is pretty much the same CST rating as Ohlins, we use this in all the shocks we service and works really well, the temperature and damping is consistent on the shock dyno so we know it works. I will see what I can find out for you.
 
This is the oil we use
 

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@Sheikh I'm of a similar mind to you, part of this hobby is about learning and the actual enjoyment of building (and riding of course).

I've got a ton of Ducati files at home but not sure on Sachs shock rebuild. I'll take a look once I get home, boarding a flight now...
 
Manual does not have anything but here's the part number
 

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I got up earlythis morning . .(We Retirees, and Ex-Marines do that for some reason. . . ) and started just doing random research on Sachs shocks, and came away with this. It's basically a teardown/rebuild instruction for a certain Sachs nitrogen pressurized monoshock. Uncertain which one it is, but it's instructions are applicable to most shocks of this type. They use Modul 3w oil and 10Bar pressure in the shock, so that seems appropriate at this juncture:

https://betausa.com/content/SUPPORT_PDF's/Suspension%20ZF%20RCU%20manual%20final%20Autosaved.pdf
 

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