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Post by gunterdog on Aug 7, 2012 18:39:11 GMT 1
DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW YOU GET THE SPRING OF A REAR SHOCK I NEED TO GET IT OFF TO POWDER COAT CAN ANYONE HELP  |
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Post by McF on Aug 8, 2012 7:28:16 GMT 1
Unless you are lucky and have an obvious split collett on the top of your shock to hold the spring on, you will not be able to strip it down yourself.
If you do have a split collett, you will need some spring compressors to compress the spring
A sharp tap with a Manchester Screwdriver (hammer) will loosen the colletts, then remove them
spring will slide off the top of the shock and you can have a beautiful powder coated finish
Reassembly is straightforward reversal of the above
Alternative is to get the shock off the bike, and apply smootherite in your chosen colour using a modelling brush - it takes a while - I should know, I had to do this on my mighty Pan
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seastate
A-Road rider Limited to 70
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Post by seastate on Oct 1, 2012 17:16:37 GMT 1
I just took my spring off for a general pimping; You need to compress the springs somehow. My car ones were too big so I got these two from fleabay. (shown just positioned on my spare shock) Wind the pre-load up to the max and compress the srpring as much as possible. Then undo the preload and push the adjuster down a bit. It only needs to go down 5mm max and you may have to push it round a bit if it's behind the hose connection  This pis shows the clip holding the adjuster - just pop it off.  Slide the adjuster off and the spring and job done   |
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Post by gunterdog on Oct 1, 2012 18:34:53 GMT 1
top man well done have a pint on me
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Post by De Graaf van Salland on Oct 1, 2012 20:43:58 GMT 1
top man well done have a pint on me And another one from me. Very good photo's I also gave you some karma. GvS |
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seastate
A-Road rider Limited to 70
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Post by seastate on Mar 2, 2014 11:21:42 GMT 1
All done now and it looks like this. I even managed to sort of save the stickers/   |
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