FV rear shock valving

[lenhart05]

I tore apart my rear Fox shock to see/document what was in it. I'm learning that FV is a different beast than a tradition car. What looks to be opposite on a vee is actually OK. So, I'm looking for general advice to see if what I have is proper. It is a zero roll set up, on my Vista. This is what was on the car as delivered.

Info:
1. Fox double adjustable. Fox piston.
2. The compression looks to be extremely stiff. The compression stack uses .012" shims, which you could roughly call "D" if looking at a penske stack. Zero piston bleed.
3. The rebound stack uses .004" shims which could roughly be called "AA" for comparison to Penske. 0.13" Jet with check ball (shuts during compression)
4. The remote can has what looks to be a very stiff shim stack for compression. I forgot to measure the shims. I would guess around .010" and all the same diameter. The knob controls the bleed past this stack. Rebound is free flow back to the shock.

I assume this high compress/low rebound setup is OK for FV. Any thoughts if this is OK?

Thanks in advance,
Tad

[Tiago Santos]

Hmm.. Are you sure about the compression and rebound? Seems like it's backwards..! A/D (or thereabouts..) seems to be a popular valving combination, but D/A would seems strange..

[lenhart05]

Yeah, I'm worried I accidently swapped them around while the shock was apart. I figured apexspeed would probably know what would be the most logical.

[problemchild]

Yeah, I'm worried I accidently swapped them around while the shock was apart. I figured apexspeed would probably know what would be the most logical.

You definitely want the much softer valving on the compression side. AA/D is very common. You actually need to be careful with your adjustments as you can literally ratchet the rear end into the ground.

[lenhart05]

Sure enough, I swapped them around. I looked at my notes again when I disassembed them, and I had AA/D. I don't know what I was thinking when I assembled them. I was dead tired after getting the kids to bed.

Tad