Shelf queens and oils

[LurkingCAT]

Prefer no oil and from time to time I have shocks I don't get rebuild parts for or simply won't use new rebuild parts on. As a former watchmaker I would recommend silicone grease. Used it on all sorts of o-rings in watches. It's keeping gaskets (and shocks) smooth for years. My personal preference is the Moebius 8513. For a nice and even layer of grease I have had some success applying the silicone grease with foam rubber and carefully dabbing the o-rings.

[wait a minute]

I put a few drips of oil in to assemble and make them smooth, but that's all. Definitely not 'dry', but empty.

good point. green slime work well also.

this is what i use. it works good.

[Coelacanth]

Just a question: If leaking isn't a concern, what are the benefits of having dry, empty shocks on shelf-queens, if any? Other than saving a little time and money, I guess?

[LurkingCAT]

Generally agree to have oil in self queens, my problem is too many grandmas with sligth signs of incontinence...

[8rad]

My problem is remembering what oil is in what car. I even made a handy dandy spreadsheet to keep track of all my setups but somehow it never gets updated.

[Lowgear]

Generally agree to have oil in self queens, my problem is too many grandmas with sligth signs of incontinence...

Leaking shocks don't sound so bad now.

[RickRick]

most of mine are empty, without seals fitted, but then they were either leaking or needed a rebuild for whatever reason, so i didn't see the point in putting in new seals, there mainly the same as current cars are using so there's no worry about supply for me, the cars that i might want to run are filled, or i steal a built set from one to service another if it's going to get a run out

[skunk.werkz]

Green slime liberally applied to all seals. I don't see any reason to have fluids in a shelf car, just another variable to make a mess if they end up leaking. I used to fill shocks, even rebuilt ones only to leak and have to pull the shocks apart, soak them in soapy water to clean residue and build them dry.

[RABIDFOX50]

I just rebuilt two sets of shocks and I used the green slime on the seals and no oil. If I ever run them, I just fill them with the oil I need. No muss no fuss no mess.