Public Safety Announcement...ALWAYS Wear Eye Protection!!

[A06]

Long story short I blew up a tire insert (Schwable Procore) at around 75psi.

Garage covered in pepto pink sealant, eardrum still ringing, busted up my hand and I'm pretty sure my cat now has worse PTSD than me.

Luckily I was wearing eye protection and it could have been much worse.

Be safe and use proper PPE even when doing trivial tasks.

 

[Spangoolies]

Yup, had a similar experience whilst rebuilding my fox dhx2 shock. To get the IFP out it has to be compressed with a shock pump to push it out. Mine was stuck in good and proper resulting in it firing through the bag I had taped over the chamber to catch it and any oil, across my office covering half of the walls in shock oil and imbedded itself in a picture on the wall. What amused me was reading the ‘be careful not to damage the IFP doing this’ on the official fox instructions whilst looking at it in the middle of a smashed picture frame. Still works fine though. No eye protection was worn and could have been a lot worse.