Hey @AnyMal, any details on your patented burp procedure? About to swap globes in the next week![]()
@AnyMal yes please in depth on the burp! I just got my globes in as well![]()
(I'll preface all this with the fact that I'm not a hydraulic engineer, this is just some random guy on the internet's take on how the system works)
I believe it amounted to making sure the rear was higher than the front and doing a few L to H cycles. Honestly, i can't imagine this does anything. The system is under extreme pressure, so I doubt a slight change in elevation would change much. Also, the system is held under pressure starting about a foot in front of the rear axle on the drivers side, not at the pump, so lifting the pump to a higher height isn't doing anything. And lastly, the highest points in the system are at the top of the shocks, so you aren't really changing high point in the system with a slight incline.
All that to say, I think it is definitely a good idea to do some L to H cycles to help get any extra air out of the system, so it certainly can't hurt. If air had managed to get into the system and was dispersed throughout the fluid, then exchanging even partial amounts of fluid with fluid from the reservoir that doesn't have air in it would be an improvement. Doing this multiple times will eventually get most of the air out.
If removing fluid from the high points of the system works, as in gravity affects where the air accumulates, then just using the bleeders at each corner should be fine. When you release pressure opening the bleeder, the first thing that moves is the shocks compressing and pushing fluid from the shock back towards the bleeder. This means those high points at the tops of the shocks are getting cleared out back to the bleeder with the fluid from the shocks.