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Looking for info on how to take apart rear shocks (Read 168 times)
jrm8486 FSO X2
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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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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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01/24/11 at 18:34:55
Thanks,going to do some more shining and painting.
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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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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
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Re: Looking for info on how to take apart rear sho
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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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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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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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