Walker Evans shock rebuilding, who does this?

[towngrunt]

I have 2 sets of Walker Evan's shocks I need to have rebuilt can anyone tell me who would be the best at this?

 

[Top]

There is some place that adds piggy backs to them as well????

 

[rmk727]

Where you at , we do it but u have to ship to SD

 

[Rob1334]

Fabcraft is the company that makes the piggy backs for the shock. There have been some threads about these how they change the inner workings of the shock and may not fix the problem of the shock, a properly setup valved and pressured shock is what you really want.

Fastrax is a great person to have setup your shocks, he set mine up and they work AWESOME compared to the stock ones. Others have also had great luck sending them back to Walker Evans. Both will set them up according to you and not just a factory out the door setting.

 

[Top]

Anyone have the piggy backs set up on theirs that would like to tell us how they "really" work?

 

[Sulley]

I have the piggy back on the 08 Dragon WE shocks and I like them. I have no complaints after I sent them to Fabcraft and had them re-build them. I don't have much to tell you about them specifically but they take the moguls, jumps, hill climbs, and boondocking with no problems. I had posted previously about selling them but that's because I just want to get Fox Floats to match the rear Holz with Floats.

 

[highstick]

walker Evans Rebuild

I sent mine back to Walker Evans. They replaced the nicked shafts and re pressurized them to the new specs. I think the cost was $50.00 a piece for rebuild and $35 for the shaft.

 

[Rob1334]

Anyone have the piggy backs set up on theirs that would like to tell us how they "really" work?

Here are links to some information on the Walker Evans shocks, these are the more informative ones from the first three pages of searching. Info from stock setup, improved/properlysetup shocks, and also fabcraft's chamber.

Notice how I said "May not" fix what you are after, but you have to agree adding the chamber makes for a lot more complex setup in the shock, and would be more hit and miss as far as setup in my opinion. You are also paying a lot more for a resivoir that you may not need. Walker evans can be a good, lightweight, simple shock for the mountains when properly setup but no matter how you adjust them they won't take the beating of a more expensive shock that is designed to take large drops, bumps, etc.


http://www.snowest.com/forum/showthread.php?t=82007
http://www.snowest.com/forum/showthread.php?t=114301
http://www.snowest.com/forum/showthread.php?t=120610
http://www.snowest.com/forum/showthread.php?t=73451
http://www.snowest.com/forum/showthread.php?t=139592
http://www.snowest.com/forum/showthread.php?t=116239

 

[ne1cadrgn]

Here are links to some information on the Walker Evans shocks, these are the more informative ones from the first three pages of searching. Info from stock setup, improved/properlysetup shocks, and also fabcraft's chamber.

Notice how I said "May not" fix what you are after, but you have to agree adding the chamber makes for a lot more complex setup in the shock, and would be more hit and miss as far as setup in my opinion. You are also paying a lot more for a resivoir that you may not need. Walker evans can be a good, lightweight, simple shock for the mountains when properly setup but no matter how you adjust them they won't take the beating of a more expensive shock that is designed to take large drops, bumps, etc.


http://www.snowest.com/forum/showthread.php?t=82007
http://www.snowest.com/forum/showthread.php?t=114301
http://www.snowest.com/forum/showthread.php?t=120610
http://www.snowest.com/forum/showthread.php?t=73451
http://www.snowest.com/forum/showthread.php?t=139592
http://www.snowest.com/forum/showthread.php?t=116239

Good to know.

 

[WHEREDAFUGAWEE]

Sent my WE shocks to Carls Cycles. Every wednesday they devote alot of thier time to rebuilding shocks (so ive been told) They revalved and refilled all four WE shocks for me at a reasonable price. However i just sold the fronts and decided to go with Zbroz Exit shocks. Give Carls a try.

 

[Stewy]

It depends are if you want to ship them far or not. Carls is always good. Check out Hygear Suspension they have a very good rep. and have had there products featured and long term tested in the mags. Hygear is a bit pricey however.