Changed my suspenders

[bigfootpete]

Right, after owning an Ohlins rear shock for nearly a year I finally got around to fitting it on Sat - with the help of a mate with all the tools you might need
and then some!


But what an arsey job for something that should be easy - how the hell are you supposed to get to the top nut on the right hand side with an ordinary spanner???
A 1/4" ratchet with flexi head came in very handy for that one.


Also ended up fitting the original dog-bones as we couldn't work out how to compress the shock to bring the rocker up higher so we could connect the
shorter dog-bones. Putting a jack under the rocker to lift it just pushed the whole bike up, it may have worked if someone sat on the bike but it wasn't
that stable with the jack only supporting the rocker.


And finally, had to use a longer bolt on the rear footpeg to enable us to bolt the compression damping adjustment knob on.


That took about 3 1/2 hours with breaks - still, saved probably £100 paying a mechanic to do the job.

[dazza]

Think you may of made a mountain out of a mole hill with that one, all I did as I was on my own was to lay down and pull the back end of the bike down which alters the distance for the longer dogbones. No need to compress the spring. At least you know for next time.

[Capt]

Did you measure the Ohlins shock between it's mounting bolts, it reads it could be to long?  If anything, fitting shorter or longer dog bones the weight of the rear wheel is working in your favour, you just have to lift it to align the linkage holes.

[JoeRock]

That's also not compression, it'll be a remote preload adjustor mate. Compression will be at the top, with rebound at the bottom

[bigfootpete]

Doh, thanks Joe!

The shock was off a Fazer so should be the right length.

[cable tie]

I take it you still have a centre stand fitted ! If so you should of placed the bike on the centre stand on a block of wood (2" high is enuf) and than cable tie the front brake lever to stop it rolling forward, This would have given you all the height you required to move the swingarm to allow fitting of different dog bones.

Word of warning its s great feeling tinkering or getting your Mate to do it for you, but FFS make sure things are torqued up.

[seangee]

Wot he said. 15 minutes to replace shock & change dogbones on my own.