Does anyone have a rear shock sock?

[muzikill]

Ive just bought a neoprene laptop case from sainsburys who are selling them off for 3 quid each & i thought i would have a go at a diy one. If anyone can take pics, dimensions, attch point advice it would be appreciated!

[Bibio]

you do realise that covering up a steel built shock can actually make things worse as it traps moisture in.

[muzikill]

Yup, ive got a breather hole mod in mind.

[Dabteacake]

You can get those punch in eyelets off ebay quite cheap.

Can you not just put some card around the shock like a piece of cereal box and then measure around that?

then just measure the height of the spring

[muzikill]

Its to see how its stitched for fitting and what they have used for fixing it on.

[Tomor]

From the one i have seen, it is folded over and stitched at the top and bottom to create a sort of tunnel, and you get two zip ties to tie it on with,

Tom

[muzikill]

Id expect the middle to be velcro and theyve used fishgut to stitch it.

[Bibio]

nylon thread is crap for stitching things as it breaks down and goes brittle. proper kevlar thread is what you want.

buy some sticky velcro, make a tube out of neoprene then stick/stitch velcro down both open ends. wrap around spring and secure with velcro. job jobbed.

to be honest though your OEM shock is going to be well shot/worn out before it rusts to bits.

[yorkie_chris]

Talk to theboatman, get a pack of proper 2pack drysuit adhesive to beef the threads up with.

[Dabteacake]

you can buy thread from ebay that I use for making webbing that has a ridiculous break strentgh or get a bit of beeswax to coat standard cotton for waterproofing