gas shocks

[dollysprint]

Matt
I would seriously advise against welding a sealed shock absorber,especially a gas one.

Dave

[midnite]

yes afterwards i did think about that dave, i think i will just make a bracket that fits on the other side as to mount the brake hose.

[scoobyh123]

The brackets for the brake hose don't need to support much. I would suggest grinding the welds off the bracket on the "wrong" one and suing a rubber-lined "P"clip for the brake hose instead, fitting the loop of the "P" clip round the base of the shock roughly where the bracket was welded on. Use a bolt and Nyloc nut to secure the brake pipe to the "P" clip - job done!

Much quicker, easier and safer than trying to weld a pressurised vessel! Basic laws of physics (Boyles Law i think it is) in simple terms says as the heat goes up, so does the pressure. There's a limit to the amount of pressure a shock absorber will take and with a weakened wall during welding, that will be considerably lower.Might be fun having oil spurting out under pressure through a hole where the bracket is meant to be welded on but when the heat from welding sets that oil alight and turns your shocker into a flame thrower it won't be so funny!

"During the war", flame throwers were used as effective weapons to dispatch the enemy. They doused the enemy with oil then ignitied the flame thrower which in turn set the oil on the victims alight. Not a nice death!

[Mark827]

From my experience you can use the shock either side, the brake hose will still fit on the wrong side of the bracket and if needs be the bracket can be bent slightly.