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9.
Use the spanner tool to unthread the air can
retaining ring from the shaft eyelet. Remove the
shock from the vise and remove the retaining
ring from the shaft eyelet.
10.
Wrap electrical tape around the shock body,
starting from the air can and extending
approximately half the length of the shock body.
This will prevent damage to the surface of the
shock body during air can removal.
11.
Clamp the SRAM Vivid Air Can Wrench into
a vise. Place the shock, by the air can, in the
SRAM Vivid Air Can Wrench, body eyelet side
up. Use an open ended 16 notch external bottom
bracket tool with a 35 mm opening to loosen
the air can seal head, located at the bottom of
the air can. Turn the tool counter-clockwise to
unthread the seal head completely from the air
can.
12.
Remove the shock from the SRAM Vivid Air Can
Wrench then clamp the body eyelet into a vise.
Remove the air can pulling it straight up.
13.
Use a 4 mm hex to turn the Beginning Stroke
Rebound adjuster counter-clockwise until it
stops.
14.
Use the 2011 SRAM 24 mm pin spanner to loosen
and unthread the damper seal head/air piston.
The 2008 24 mm pin spanner will not work.
hold the pin spanner head in place with your
opposite hand to prevent slippage and damage
to the seal head pin holes.
15.
Pull up on the seal head/air piston and remove
the entire shaft assembly.
The shock body inner sleeve may become
dislodged as you remove the shaft assembly; this
is ok. If this occurs, simply separate the shaft
assembly from the inner sleeve and remove the
inner sleeve from the shock body.
16.
Remove the shock from the vise and pour all oil
from the shock into the oil pan.
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