Help! Wcm Qa1 8243 shock rebuild

[wcmgoldie]

I have original qa1 shocks on my Wcm ultralight, 8243 series with red anodizing. One rear strut was leaking oil for awhile so I finally got around to try to rebuilt it. I called qa1 and they told me I need gasket kit RK04. The problem is I'm not sure how to get the inner tube apart. There is detailed directions online which I attached but it seems to explain the design of the large body shocks not the small body shock. The videos are the same they don't show a shock with a self contained inner tube. Mine there seems to be a valving stack in the bottom held on with a 10mm low profile nut seen in image 4 of the attachments. One that is off there doesn't seem to get anything else I can do. Maybe I have to take it apart from the top? The images on the directions seem to be two different style shocks. Mine looks like the one on image 4 but image 3 seems to be the large body shock that is seen in the videos. Has anyone had experience taking these apart?

[powderbrake]

I have had mine apart. Just hold the inner tube in one hand and tap the large aluminum cap with a soft mallet, and it will come out of the inner tube.

 

I did not replace the shaft seal, as it was leaking from the screw in red cap. If the cap loosens, the oil gets past that large o ring, and comes out the cap threads. I just replaced the oil and screwed the cap on very tight and that solved my leak.

[wcmgoldie]

Thank you. I think mine is leaking from the same place. I just thought while its apart I'll replace it all.

[MudHut]

Haven't had any problems with these yet. Thanks for sharing info. Jay

[wcmgoldie]

Thanks so much Jerry, it was super easy once I knew I could hammer that big cap off. The video from qa1 makes it easy. They just don't have that cap pressed into the inner tube so it looks like a different shock and I didn't want to break it not knowing what I was doing.