Dead progressive 5th Element Shock options?

[nathanm]

So I decided to help a mate out by buying his 2005 Ironhorse Sunday off him for twice what it's worth.

Unfortunately he wasn't to honest (or didn't know) just how fucked it is and I've been working hard to take it from proper fucked to useable.

But the rear shock is dead. It's a progressive 5th element and I'm unsure if it's worth trying to rebuild it or just bin the bike and take the loss.

It would be sad to see such an old classic go to waste so hoping someone out there might have some useful advice?

 

[pink poodle]

Buy my fox shock off me. It is in good form and will work well on the iron horse.

Keeping the 5th element running is going to be tricky with parts availability etc.

 

[nathanm]

Buy my fox shock off me. It is in good form and will work well on the iron horse.

Keeping the 5th element running is going to be tricky with parts availability etc.

Definitely an option if it's 9m5x3.0?
Send me deets pls.

 

[pink poodle]

Definitely an option if it's 9m5x3.0?
Send me deets pls.

https://www.rotorburn.com/forums/index.php?threads/fox-dhx-rc2.320501/

It is 9.5x3, which is a for bit shorter than 9m5, but I reckon you can stretch it! If you're interested shoot me a pm to discuss the finer points. The Sunday is definitely worth the effort to restore. They were a lot of fun. One of my friends still laments having sold his to buy modern bikes.

 

[jrewing]

5th elements are awesome shocks once the main oring is changed to a low friction one. The seal caused loads of friction
Might still have some

 

[nathanm]

5th elements are awesome shocks once the main oring is changed to a low friction one. The seal caused loads of friction
Might still have some

Be cool if you have, not sure what's actually wrong with it though, just doesn't have a lot of resistance. Almost like an air shock with 0 pressure

 

[moorey]

Be cool if you have, not sure what's actually wrong with it though, just doesn't have a lot of resistance. Almost like an air shock with 0 pressure

Does it have any air in it?

 

[nathanm]

Does it have any air in it?

About the same psi as the stuff floating around in your skull.

 

[moorey]

About the same psi as the stuff floating around in your skull.

Lol. I’ll jog on then.
Maybe you should fucking google your shock.
http://neezy.com.au/documents/5thElemCoilSetupGuide.pdf

 

[nathanm]

Lol. I’ll jog on then.
Maybe you should fucking google your shock.
http://neezy.com.au/documents/5thElemCoilSetupGuide.pdf

Link doesn't appear to work on my phone?

As I know little about shocks I have my trusted lbs inpected it and they pronounced in doa

 

[moorey]

I have my trusted lbs inpected it and they pronounced in doa

There’s your first mistake.
You do you. It may be dead. But they need air.

 

[Plankosaurus]

I have nothing to add to the argument...

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[CHEWY]

Like Morey said, they feel like a pogo stick without air in them. Pump up the resovoir and see how it feels.

 

[CHEWY]

Most kids working in bike shops these days have probably never seen a 5th element shock.