Thanks to the folks at the mountain bike suspension service center Trail Labs out of Springfield, Missouri for this educational video demonstrating how dangerous a stuck mountain bike shock can be.
“No, we are not filming this with a customer’s shock. We normally evacuate the air by forcing it out on a 6’ press with the positive chamber open. That didn’t work with this one. Needles and feeler gauges can damage the body and become projectiles in extreme circumstances like this. The purpose of this video is to show you what not to do in this scenario. If you have a stuck down shock, DO NOT take the air can off without evacuating the negative chamber first!”
Turns out a mountain bike shock can be quite dangerous when its stuck. Be careful out there riders, these things can pack a punch.