Postby Hasbeen » 27 Sep 2008 23:59
Tim, there's tour new business. You'll make a fortune.
The rig to do it is just so simple, you just need a good welder.
My struts were re-gassed 8 years ago. There was a dated sticker from
the company that did it, on the struts. I went back to them about 2
years ago, when they started to get weak, not failed, just weaker.
The rig is just a simple pressure vessel, & a high pressure pump. As
their mobile service doesn't get out this far, I went to them. Even
at the factory, the rig looked home made.
It consisted of a 6"or 8" pressure pipe, with on end capped, & a
removable cap on the other end, plus an input connection, & a bleed
off valve, to drain the pressure when finished.
The struts are just put into the thing, & pressurised, to about
2,500 PSI. The pressure simply seeps into the struts, past the seal,
which must be a [sort of] one way seal. The resultant strut pressure
is controlled by the length of time the strut is held at pressure.
Ours are at about the highest pressure these people do, & were timed
to 12 minutes.
So set yourself up, & you'll make a killing. We have 7 companies in
the Brisbane phone book, offering this service, & they have all been
doing it for years, with factory, & mobile servive, offered, so it
must be profitable, in the long term.
If there is nobody doing it, all round the US it would be a
franchisers dream, & a chance to make real money. Low cost to set
up, simple training, & a large demand.
Hell, I might even come over there, & do it myself, if it weren't
having too much fum, being retired, with lots of time to play with
my Triumphs.
Hasbeen
