Kevcules
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I've read a lot on here about removing the front shocks and taking them apart, but it gets more clear after you do it.
My front shocks seemed really stiff when I'm driving my new to me ride. So I decided to take them apart and see whats inside. I've attached some pics of the fork parts and was wondering if anyone can tell me if they are OEM or not.
I checked my sag before doing this and hoping I did it right. My young son was helping so the numbers might be off a little.
Front - no weight (jacked up) then I measured the difference with just the bike weight and got 45mm difference. Then with me on the bike it measured only another 6mm less.
Rear - same set up - I measured 5 mm difference from no weight and then just the bike weight. Then with me on it , it went down another 21mm. The rear shock seems to work better since I lowered the pre-load setting. I understand though that I should have more like 30 mm of sag right?
The springs came out with the closer coils "down". I thought I read that they should go in the "up" position?
I may need some sonic springs set up for my weight (172 ish) What options do I have with my current set up other than getting different springs and spacers?
Thanks
My front shocks seemed really stiff when I'm driving my new to me ride. So I decided to take them apart and see whats inside. I've attached some pics of the fork parts and was wondering if anyone can tell me if they are OEM or not.
I checked my sag before doing this and hoping I did it right. My young son was helping so the numbers might be off a little.
Front - no weight (jacked up) then I measured the difference with just the bike weight and got 45mm difference. Then with me on the bike it measured only another 6mm less.
Rear - same set up - I measured 5 mm difference from no weight and then just the bike weight. Then with me on it , it went down another 21mm. The rear shock seems to work better since I lowered the pre-load setting. I understand though that I should have more like 30 mm of sag right?
The springs came out with the closer coils "down". I thought I read that they should go in the "up" position?
I may need some sonic springs set up for my weight (172 ish) What options do I have with my current set up other than getting different springs and spacers?
Thanks
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