Shock Rebuilding Video with Brett King

[sbro]

Brett was nice enough to take time out of his day to demonstrate a shock rebuild for us, because it is a really common question he gets and doesn't always have the time to thoroughly explain it. I think a lot of people here can find this useful that don't have the networking to be taught otherwise. Please excuse the shop noise in the background, we tried our best to drain it out with audio filters but its not perfect. Any comments would be appreciated! You can grab it here:

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[motoxscott]

I can already see it now...........Flatbillers across america trying to rebuild and change the oil in their Fabtech and Rancho 9000 shocks.

-Scott

[sbro]

I honestly don't think many "flatbillers" read the forums. They are more about the superficial appeal of the sport than actually learning or being involved in the community. Hopefully some dedicated novices out there will benefit from the video, that is all we are hoping for.

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[jcorsico]

Excellent video. Let's see some more how-to's. That was great.

Jon

[ACID_RAIN28]

Just checked out some of the videos on desert rides, and the same with all videos now adays, first what happend to all the RDC videos, after everyevent there were a bunch. Second why do all the videos have to have music in them, not just music, but nothing but music. I don't know about anyone else, but I would rather see incar footage with the engine and other noises, you just can't get into them with out it, it gives you that kinda "there during it" feeling. And also I can't get DSL at my end of town yet so I have the old school, and it takes forever for them to download, especially since they have the 30 seconds of useless credits. Just my 3 dollar bill on this subject.

"Everything you do is triggered by an emotion of either desire or fear."

[sbro]

The video with no car/truck sound is due to the fact that the sound was either damaged or not available. The in-car camera did not have sound input so it was just dead air. A lot of our footage was damaged with dust so there would be loud beeps and digital noise, so we figured it would be best left out. I do agree though, I love the sound of the TTs roaring! We are working on getting better equipment to deal with these problems.

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[ACID_RAIN28]

I didn't mean to single yours out, it is not just those there are a bunch these days that you can hear the cars and trucks but the music is overpowering, and i would much rather hace the engine and junk noise. And then don't get me started on how the music dosen't flow with the video.

"Everything you do is triggered by an emotion of either desire or fear."

[jcorsico]

Although this sounds silly, carefully wrapping your video camera with a t-shirt, and then a plastic bag, is highly effective at keeping the dust out. We had problems with dust getting into both our still cameras and also the video cameras, which then cost about $100 each to get cleaned.

You can take a t-shirt and lightly wrap it around the camera in such a fashion so the lens sticks out one arm hole, and the viewing window sticks out another, and then out of the head hole on the shirt, you can stick you hand to hold the camera. Then tape the whole thing loosely so the t-shirt doesn't unravel. You can then put the whole thing in a plastic bag, like a large zip-lock, with three holes cut in it for the openings. The plastic bag seems to keep out 85% of the dirt, and then the rest ends up getting trapped in the t-shirt before it gets inside the camera. This was highly effective.

Jon

[Steve_HKmtrsprts]

ACID_RAIN28- Well I do the music cause I like listening to it and I get to because I spend the time to tape it and edit it. So I dont think you should be complaining cause I think you are in the minority on that topic. Dont get me wrong I love the sounds of all the buggies and trucks going by, but there is alot of background crap that goes on, ie, wind, background conversation and video compression. When you spend the time and money to do movies you can do them without music. I would still watch them. I spend alot of my own time just to put the little videos for you all to watch if you want. So appreciate us who do this for the site and less complaining.

[robert_encinas]

simmer down. i too would rather hear the sounds of motors than music. most of the music in my opinion is crap anyways.