The Key Difference No One Talks About | Twin Tube vs Mono Tube Shocks (Is High Pressure Good?)
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- čas přidán 8. 07. 2024
- A comprehensive story of twin tube vs mono tube shock absorbers. Clearing up a key difference most overlooked and many misconceptions regarding shock constructions, nitrogen pressure and shock fade. As always, we look at theoretical analysis as well as real world examples, using Toyota OE shocks, Ironman Foam Cell Pro as well as Bilstein 5100s. Nevertheless, these knowledge applies to all twin tube and mono tube for Toyota trucks, such as Old Man Emu, King, Fox, Icon, Radflo, Eibach and many more.
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0:00 Intro
00:53 Shock Constructions
05:49 Shock Pressure
10:05 Shock Fade - Auta a dopravní prostředky
A playlist of your videos needs to be pinned at the top of every Toyota off-road group haha
Fantastic explanation. I've been a gearhead for 30 years and this is probably the best description I've seen of the designs. Keep up the great work!
I love how detailed you are in your videos! I shows you do your research before putting your videos together. Great job!
Thanks for the video, although I thought I knew the difference between twin tube and monotube shocks, I did learn a few things. Personally, I have had good results with both kinds of shocks. However, there is one aspect of this comparison you didn't address, and that is trail damage. A monotube shock is much more vulnerable to damage by a rock hit, because the ding can prevent piston travel past it, whereas a twin tube shock can sustain the same hit without impeding function at all.
Thanks! Yes you’re exactly right. I will show some shock body denting tests in my FCP review. Stay tuned!
Most heigh end monotube shock for Toyota, it mount upside down, the rod on the bottom and the tube on the top, it is hard to damage the tube ,What you pay what you get !
That’s why good mono tube shocks are mounted inverted with the body at the top
True but I'd still take the performance of a Monotube over a TwinTube. Just keep a few spare MonoTubes in the trailer or back of the truck
Bilstein 5160 shocks are inverted, less chance of damage (smaller target). But a nicked rod will leak.
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So much information yet presented in a way that is easy to understand. Keep up the good work!
I love the non-biased, pure information. Keep up the great work!
The quality of your videos continues to be amazing. Thank you so much for the time and effort you put into making them. I learned a lot!
I love the videos featuring the Ironman foam cell pros. When I was buying mine, there was a lot of of mixed info and uncertainty on the forums regarding the performance and longevity of the foam cell twin tube design. Wish your videos existed back then so I could feel at ease buying the shocks.
I appreciate you showing the raw data and conclusions in each videos focus with the foam cell pros being an example of a shock design that doesn’t follow the same mono tube construction as most of the other shocks available on the market right now.
Keep up the awesome work, Kai!
Tinkerer, great work! You are leading the way in off-road educational videos. By far the best. Keep up the good work.
This is the most informative and clearest presentation on shock construction I have seen in my 30 years of working on cars. I look forward to more of your videos.
Best explanation of shock function I have ever seen. No one else ever explained the differences. Thanks!
Finally someone else that has explained that the sole purpose of the remote resovoir is to lower operating pressure and create a nicer ride and increase seal and wear band life is only a side effect and that the extra cooling is only an added side effect
Fantastic content as always. The rigor you bring to your vids is much appreciated!
Best discussion of the technical aspect of these products. Hat's off to you sir !
Dude, I reference your videos all of the time with all my yota friends. Keep up the good content and continue to take your time making videos. Thats what sets you apart from other youtubers. You don’t just post tons of videos to get likes and subs. Keep up the great scientific work.
Most of this was over my head, buti really look forward to watching you service your Icons and explain the difference in performance before and after. My brain always wants the "best of the best", so I got excited watching the professional motorsports footage 😂 but you're right, I just want to hoon in the woods and haul wood and stuff
I like that you really covered each aspect subjectively. Much better understanding after watching this. Thanks.
Excellent explanation of both designs. Without a doubt, this is one of the best automotive engineering channels.
Another great video full of useful information. Appreciate the work you do in putting together your videos! Keep them up!
Man this was way more detailed than the rest of the guys that explains about, twin tube and monotube shocks. And u got a new sub for this. ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
Excellent explanation and I loved the way you cut and drilled the shocks to demonstrate your point :)
Brilliant video. Extremely well explained and unbiased. Look forward to more suspension videos. Subscribed.
I always wondered what the heck the foam part was of the FCP shocks. Another fantastic video!
Great job ! By far the best channel on this topic !
thank you for your dedication to these topics. This is a incredibly impressive presentation.
Your explanation was amazing keep up the good work!
Really well done video, great detailed info!
I have waited for this video for so long !!! Thanks dude !!!
Very informative. Also, cutting through the marketing hype without bias is also very helpful. Cheers!
ALWAYS SO informative and taught in a way it's easy to understand ! Awesome vid AS ALWAYS :- ) !! Love the subjects and really learn a lot here..Thank you Sir !
Love your videos man very informative!
Awesome, awesome content. Thanks for the in-depth explanations!
Pretty neat video! I would add that heat transfer happens in three major categories. Conduction, convection, and radiation. Conduction is solid to solid, convection is solid to liquid, and radiation only occurs at extremely high temperatures and does not require a medium to transfer heat. So shock heat is not actually radiated, rather convected away from the oil by the solid body, then convected away from the body to the surrounding air. No radiation heat transfer occurs. Great video and keep up the good work!
This is an absolutely fantastic video. Thank you very much for your effort!
I am looking forward to your product-specific reviews! I too learned a bit more about twin tube and how FCP differs from standard twin tube (IM nitro, Dobinson's basic and OME) construction and performance. I'm looking forward to your dissection of the Dob's MRA shocks and how they compare/contrast to others in the field (Bil's, Icon, King, ETC.).
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Excellent breakdown as always. Your reaction when you drilled out the Bilstein gave me a good chuckle (Not that I would have reacted any differently!)
Also the piston rod as a pointer was a nice touch. :)
All of your friends are still watching. The new content is so educationally fulfilling.
Another great insightful video. Thanks!
You really thought me about shocks today and now i have a better idea of what to get for my ride. Thanks man! Wish I could find some remote resys for a liberty lol
Great topic and content. I look forward to all your videos.
Nothing like having good info from which well informed decisions can be made. Thanks for your time, and content.
Great explanation. Thank you!
We sold the FJ but I stay subscribed because you break down some great info that isn't necessarily Toyota exclusive. Thanks.
Outstanding video and info! Thank you!
Great video as always!
Great explanation!!
Another excellent video. Great job 👍👍
Nice video, well organized. You missed some things though. Only inexpensive mono-tube shocks, e.g. Bilstein 51xx and Fox Performance, have ultra high pressure, like 250-300+ PSI. Better shocks, the owner rebuildable kinds like Bilstein 7100, Fox Factory, King, etc. work fine with lower pressures. Fox 2.0s with no res, recommended pressure is just 150 PSI, 7100s, recommended is 180-220PSI, similar with King. It just needs to be enough to prevent cavitation at high shaft speeds. The higher pressures like in the 5100s are only because it has to last the life of the shocks and the eventual pressure loss over time.... 'cause they don't have Schrader valves on the tops to set/re-set pressure like the better shocks do.
Thanks! Wow I didn’t know the 5100 is charged so high. And the reason you mentioned makes sense.
Bro, you brought in the Ideal Gas Law into the explanation. I was pleasantly surprised. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to future videos.
Absolutely brilliant video, extremely detailed and thorough, but all very clearly explained. Really interesting, thanks.
Great job again Kai.... well done my man.
Great video. I learned a lot. Thank you.
Thank you Sir for the education.
Thanks for the suspension class Kai!
Great explanation man
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Like your videos, informative and well done.
Big help thank you for the information
Another banger of a video!! 🙌🏻💯
Dude your information and explanations have helped me understand the pros and cons of both, I've been trying to decide between Raw Nitro Max twin tubes or Dobinsons IMS mono tubes, the price difference is around $500- $600 more expensive for mono tubes but I have realised what actually suits my needs on my 80 series landcruiser is actually the twin tube, the Nitro Max has a 45mm piston and 60mm outer tube/body and some kind of bag set up to contain/separate the gas, huge fluid volume and are the 4x4 line of products from parent company Powerdown which is a truck suspension company dealing with semis, b doubles and road trains etc, I think they know what they're doing. I want something strong, simple and reliable that's going to withstand outback touring and bush navigation etc.
Awesome video. Thank you so much for making this video. Probably the best shock video ever made. OCD here but the Ideal gas law is PV=nRT. n being mole. Keep up the great work!
Awesome, thank you.
Great video thank you for making
Your videos are magical
Great explanation and I’m looking forward to the Icon maintenance video.
Finally, someone with some scientific explanation. soooo many of the shock related youtube videos, even by manufacturers, are like some sort of "red neck voodoo" explanations about black boxes with no information about what is going on inside and how the different types work. They act like a higher price is a product description. You got a new subscriber.
even better. you have an FJ cruiser behind you. I am shopping for new ones for my 2010.
I can't wait for your review of ironman suspension
Solid video. It's really annoying and scummy how people sell products with disinformation re: lying about twin tube cavitation using a single tube
Very good video, thanks for posting.
I’ve been running the Ironman Foam Cell Pro in my 2012 200 series cruiser here in Australia for several years touring and towing and it’s been faultless. It’ll definitely be getting replaced with Ironman again.
Thanks for another cracking video 👌🏼👍🏼🙌🏼
Ironman don’t seem very popular here in Oz, Dobinsons and OME seem to be the favourites
Ironman doesn’t seem to be very popular here in Oz for some reason, Bilstein OME and Dobinsons seem to be the favourites
Great job
The only channel I turned on the notifications for.
That “phew” got me 😆😆 great great job!
Very informative. Keep it up!
I sure hope you are making a decent amount of income from these videos! Your te and effort spent to make them is invaluable to so many people, even those who (for some reason, ha ha ha) do not own Toyotas.
I think I am about all caught up on your posts, and have learned quite a bit. And they are also entertaining to boot!
Please keep 'em coming!!!
Thanks! Not much income yet. Hope I’ll get some good and relevant sponsorships as I grow this channel so I can produce better contents
Amazing...well done 👏
Great video. Looking forward to more.
Nailed it, thank you.
I learned a lot today. I hope there's a break down of the BP-51s coming.
Probably not unless someone send me a set to take apart haha
Great info 👍
Excellent!
Thank you for saying “damping” & “damper” correctly.
Greatt learning video. Thanks
What a great video
Very good information. Thank you for the video
I can't wait for the videos on other suspension products
What an awesome video!
today i learn 😲 thanks man !!!
Another great video - its worth adding another benefit of twin tube shocks on vehicles doing high speed gravel road work or likely to drag shocks on obstacles, especially applicable to rears - a dent in outer body of a twin tube shock has negligible impact on performance whereas a dented body on a monotube is usually terminal for the shock.
That is true. I actually took some footages demonstrating this but I cut that out due to video getting long. The bilstein actually took a lot to dent. I hit it with a pointed hammer quite aggressively, took about 3 good hit till the piston bind. So unless it’s a very inferior thin wall shock, gravels will not hurt it. Also, all monotube rear shocks are inverted mounted. The shock bodies are way up there, so I’ve never seen one getting scratched. Twin tube has to be mounted shock body down because of the base valve.
Yes good point, I forgot that the monotube shocks are inverted, though that can lead to peppering of the piston rod if its not well shrouded. A lot of our travel is thousands of kilometres on high speed gravel outback roads which grit blasts anything in and around the rear axle.
How i wished this video was uploaded earlier then i could've decision for my fast driving application. I drive a Toyota Hilux here in Asia and decide to try a monotube shocks after watching tons of video on youtube. The IFS front setup seems pretty good handling all the bumps but i find the rear live axle to be a whole lot more bumpy going over rough terrain than my standard oem shocks. Will probably consider changing the rear shocks to a remote resorvoir in the future.
It could simply be your rear shocks valving not matching your spring and mass. That plays a significantly bigger role than shock construction
I recently just put a lift kit in my 2015 Kakadu Prado with Kdss. I'm running the Tjm xgs series springs and shocks up front, with outback armour shocks and airbag man extended airbags in the rear. The entire kit, with uca's in the front, cost about $4,000 aud. So far the rebound has been harsh onroad, but performance is ok offroad. It's making me reconsider redoing my suspension again for better performance onroad with more control offroad. Lifting with kdss is often expensive and a headache. Was considering monotubes with remote res, but now I have no idea on which direction to go. 😂
I have a 2015 KDSS 4Runner and I have finally decided not to lift it for those reasons. Unless I want to soak 15k+ into long arms etc.. it just doesn’t seem worth it. I’ll do a body mount relocation and fender trimming before I lift it.
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great job, please do front diff drop kit and if they work or not.
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God damn! This guy explains so much better than most of guys out there. Easy and clear to understand without too much “techinal” term to show his smartness 😂 good job! Now I am your fan boy!
Good video.
Thanks for the explanations. I'm convinced to replace my rear Bilstein 5100s for 5160s.
Don't make the mistake of ignoring Dobinsons IMS. I use them on my fj in Dubai... Heat is never an issue, even smashing around on the dunes. For he same price, dobinsons is the way to go imho
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Great video! I find your information very easy to understand. I think about suspension upgrades a lot and how much "snake oil" is sold to the end user. Can you do a detailed explanation comparing Digressive, Progressive, and Linear... In my short research and limited knowledge it seems Linear would be the best for daily driving/weekend warriors. Curious what your thoughts are.
Well done. Cheers from OZ
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Very well put together, and very accurate! Maybe I missed it and you did touch on this, but one thing to note is that 99% of Twin-Tube shocks can not be mounted "shaft down".
Thanks! Yes you’re correct. I cut that part out because the video was getting long. But I will mention that in my ironman review. The foam cell twin tube can be mounted shaft down, but they chose not to for other reasons. So pretty interesting
@@TinkerersAdventure I'd put money on it that even the foam-cell shock, will have a dead spot even cycled by hand a few times, with the body up. It's very hard to get a complete air-free bleed on those things. I'd be impressed if there is no dead spot body up!