Does the 04 PDS shock have a bladder?

[Garyb]

Thanks for any replies

 

[marcusgunby]

Not as far as i know.

 

[Zenith]

What do the PDSs use instead of a bladder? This wasn't covered in your article the other day was it Marcus?

 

[dbrace]

They use what is called a seperator piston. It seperates the oil from the nitrogen but unlike a shock shaft piston it is solid with a teflon band around it to ensure the oil and nitrogen are totally sealed from one another. The 04 shocks still use the seperator piston , no bladder.

 

[Zenith]

Thanks dbrace! Out of interest would it be possible to modify a bladder reservoir to a piston type one?

 

[marcusgunby]

The inside of a shock which has a bladder(ie your cr shock for example) is fairly rough and not uniform, so a separator piston cannot be fitted.Interesting question-its normally the talk of some forums about the pds running a bladder-debates rage on for months on the performance of a bladder pds shock vs piston shock-most people associate the better performace of the shock to the bladder-even though it was also often revalved , resprung and with fresh oil etc.

 

[bclapham]

ive just emptied my bladder and i feel much better now thanks!:)

 

[Jeff Howe]

You gonna cavitate dude!