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jrm8486 FSO X2 Serious Thumper Offline ride it like you stole it! Posts: 574 Spring Hill FL. Gender:	Looking for info on how to take apart rear shocks 01/21/11 at 13:51:43 Thought it was on here but can't find it.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Looking for info on how to take apart rear sho Reply #1 - 01/21/11 at 13:58:28 lowering shocks in the technical index... http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1186949485
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jrm8486 FSO X2 Serious Thumper Offline ride it like you stole it! Posts: 574 Spring Hill FL. Gender:	Re: Looking for info on how to take apart rear sho Reply #2 - 01/24/11 at 18:34:55 Thanks,going to do some more shining and painting.
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Re: Looking for info on how to take apart rear sho
Reply #3 - 05/25/11 at 20:05:15

Ok, from this thread:
http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1186949485
How in the world did it just from, "attach vice grips and put a screw driver through the hole" to "disassemble the shock"?

I have a vice grip on there, and I put a screwdriver through the hole.......... now what? I can't seem to twist, turn, pry or pull anything on there.

Advice?

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Reply #4 - 05/26/11 at 01:01:36

It took me a hydraulic bench press, couple of 2'' or so adapters to squeeze just the spring, lots of nerves and I almost lost a finger when entire thing slipped out of the press.
Anyhow, there's a thin bolt on the pushrod, you can see it, but you can't break it loose without pressing the spring. Be very carefull. Assembly is even worse Cheesy

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Reply #5 - 05/26/11 at 01:38:42

Thats the kind of stuff I wont mess with, POwerful springs are dangerous & not having the Right Tools for handling them is a recipe for disaster. Sometimes we get hurt & it never heals. From my experienced perspective, playing with such things for no more gain than making it look better is taking a chance on getting genuinely injured for nothing of any real importance. The Risk/Reward equation just doesnt work out, IMO, others may have a different set of values.. but then, I rarely even wash my bike.

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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Looking for info on how to take apart rear sho Reply #6 - 05/26/11 at 03:48:59 Put the visegrips at the very top of the rod which doesn't go into the shock,Other wise you scar the rod and it and it will leak shock oil.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Looking for info on how to take apart rear sho Reply #7 - 05/26/11 at 11:34:34 couple of strips of metal to protect the rod from the vice grip at a minimum. But I'd preferr a saddle that fits between the spring and put it in a vice.
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