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/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl General Category >> Rubber Side Down! >> Tool for adjusting rear suspension? /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1368593029 Message started by newb_Jack on 05/14/13 at 21:43:49 |
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Title: Tool for adjusting rear suspension? Post by newb_Jack on 05/14/13 at 21:43:49 What kind of tool do you use to adjust the rear shocks and how do you check to see that they're are both on the same setting? I'm starting to ride 2up and need to stiffen these babies up. ;) Thanks! |
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Title: Re: Tool for adjusting rear suspension? Post by Dane Allen on 05/14/13 at 22:03:17 I used an allen wrench but definitely need a more permanent tool. It hurt. |
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Title: Re: Tool for adjusting rear suspension? Post by jcstokes on 05/14/13 at 22:30:13 A reasonably long piece of round steel the same size as the adjusting hole. |
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Title: Re: Tool for adjusting rear suspension? Post by 87 savage on 05/15/13 at 01:43:20 If you look up into the bottom of the shock you will be able to see the adjuster and which step it is on. Might be easier to see in a garage with a drop light. Pull the shocks off and adjust them one at a time if you have to. Getting a friend to lift up on the back of the bike a little will help. |
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Title: Re: Tool for adjusting rear suspension? Post by oldNslow on 05/15/13 at 06:01:21 [quote]Pull the shocks off and adjust them one at a time if you have to. [quote/] I second that. Probably going to have to take at least one off anyway on account of the adjusting hole facing the wheel, making it just about impossible to get a tool in there. It's a lot easier to see what you're doing with them off the bike. I just use a three foot hunk of two by four between the tire and fender to to lift the fender so I can slide the shock back on the studs. (Just take them off one at a time.) I weigh about 165 and have mine on the third step - for two up you're probably going to have to crank them all the way to five. |
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Title: Re: Tool for adjusting rear suspension? Post by DavidOfMA on 05/15/13 at 06:21:05 646F6D656B6A637B7D676D0E0 wrote:
I used the Phillips end of a regular/Phillips offset screwdriver. Was pretty easy to adjust both sides without having to remove anything. |
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Title: Re: Tool for adjusting rear suspension? Post by EJID on 05/15/13 at 08:06:49 I used the Phillips end of this angled screwdriver that I had to adjust mine without taking anything off either... http://s.shld.net/is/image/Sears/00941315000-1?hei=400&wid=400&op_sharpen=1&qlt=90,0&resMode=sharp&op_usm=0.9,0.5,0,0 |
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Title: Re: Tool for adjusting rear suspension? Post by justin_o_guy2 on 05/15/13 at 10:10:36 A squirt of oil on the lug cant hurt |
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Title: Re: Tool for adjusting rear suspension? Post by Serowbot on 05/15/13 at 10:15:36 Bare hands... Grrrr!.. Arrrgg!... >:(... |
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Title: Re: Tool for adjusting rear suspension? Post by newb_Jack on 05/15/13 at 15:38:20 5A4C5B465E4B465D290 wrote:
;D ::) Thanks for the input everyone! I guess anything that fits is good enough. Doesn't seem like there's a specific measurement. Just one of those muscle up and get it done jobs, eh? I'll see if any of the various screw drivers I have fit the hole. There's a dirty joke somewhere in there... I'm not that clever. |
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Title: Re: Tool for adjusting rear suspension? Post by WD on 05/15/13 at 17:48:50 Best tool for adjusting the rear suspension for 2 up riding? Credit card. Get a set of VS800 take offs or the Progressive brand equivalent. Check the bike breakers that sell on e-bay, stock 800 Intruder take offs should be cheap. The stock Savage shocks are 2 inches too short for a Savage. Stock 800 Intruder shocks are 2+ inches too long for an Intruder. I have a Savage, my wife Lisa has an 800 Intruder, we swapped shocks and both bikes have 1000x better ride and handling. To the point my solo seat since 2000 is getting a 2 up seat (Kawasaki) put back on it, passenger pegs (Honda) put back on it, and a roughly 3' tall sissybar (1970s KZ900 aftermarket) added. Girlfriend doesn't like riding bit*h on my wife's bike... ;D |
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Title: Re: Tool for adjusting rear suspension? Post by Charon on 05/16/13 at 05:57:48 5967666A7864650B0 wrote:
If the adjusting hole is on the inside, the chances are someone installed it the wrong way. Just take it off, turn it around, and put it back. |
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Title: Re: Tool for adjusting rear suspension? Post by Dave on 05/16/13 at 07:05:07 6C7F3B0 wrote:
:o |
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Title: Re: Tool for adjusting rear suspension? Post by ToesNose on 05/16/13 at 08:31:42 LOL |
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Title: Re: Tool for adjusting rear suspension? Post by oldNslow on 05/16/13 at 11:17:51 1E353C2F32335D0 wrote:
Yer probably right. But once I took the backwards one off, I discovered that at my age it was easier to turn it upside down and adjust it while I could look down inside the chrome cover, rather than lay on the ground and try to look up in there to see the notches. So I just pulled the other one off and did it the same way :) |
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Title: Re: Tool for adjusting rear suspension? Post by WD on 05/16/13 at 12:25:09 1A212C3B2A263D3B2028253A490 wrote:
:o[/quote] What's that old saying? Ah yes, "Bikers have more fun than people do"... |
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Title: Re: Tool for adjusting rear suspension? Post by ZAR on 05/16/13 at 18:50:24 1B084C0 wrote:
:o[/quote] What's that old saying? Ah yes, "Bikers have more fun than people do"... [/quote] Old biker adage........... Marry a fat tattoed woman and you will have Heat in the winter Shade in the summer and moving pictures all year 'round! ;D |
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Title: Re: Tool for adjusting rear suspension? Post by newb_Jack on 05/16/13 at 22:38:48 This thread has taken a most interesting turn... ;D |
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Title: Re: Tool for adjusting rear suspension? Post by WD on 05/17/13 at 07:56:57 They usually do, especially when the few of us on here who rode customs in the 60s through the late 80s decide to introduce newer riders to classic "outlaw trash" culture... |
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