how to adjust rear shock?
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Do a search for "setting the sag", on this forum. It's the process of setting the preload correctly for your weight rather by trial and error. There are also various how-to videos on youtube.
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Jeremy, Sick, and Dave, when looking at your bike from the back, walk around the left hand side and kneel by the spring. if you pull towards you on the adjustment dial, you're stiffening up the ***. if you push it away you're going softer. the stock setting is 3. there are 7 possible settings, 7 being the stiffest. if you can't see the reference point, then either soften it to 1, and count up the clicks, or tighten it, and back it down in the clicks.
if you're looking directly at the dial there will be three numbers showing. maybe 2,3, and 4. or if it's been adjusted, 4,5, and 6 for example. and they'll be in a vertical line. the number in the middle is the number it's set to.
my vote is adjust it fully to one side (soft or hard) and add or subtract from there. remember to have somebody or a few people hold the *** off the ground, and secure the front wheel!!
if you're looking directly at the dial there will be three numbers showing. maybe 2,3, and 4. or if it's been adjusted, 4,5, and 6 for example. and they'll be in a vertical line. the number in the middle is the number it's set to.
my vote is adjust it fully to one side (soft or hard) and add or subtract from there. remember to have somebody or a few people hold the *** off the ground, and secure the front wheel!!
Does anyone have any pictures of how to do this? If I can't figure it out I'm just gonna take it to the damn dealer and tell them to do it.
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Alright. I went and tried moving the shock tonight and I'm not sure I accomplished anything. I can't find what setting it's on first of all. I see the numbers on both sides and there appears to be a tab in both 4's on each side. I tried using the tool moving either direction with WD-40 and I think I damned near broke the shock trying or pulled a muscle and I don't think it moved. lol Do you actually put the tool in the slots with the numbers? There sure isn't much room to pull or push if that's where you put it. At least that is where I was trying.
Does anyone have any pictures of how to do this? If I can't figure it out I'm just gonna take it to the damn dealer and tell them to do it.
Does anyone have any pictures of how to do this? If I can't figure it out I'm just gonna take it to the damn dealer and tell them to do it.
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I don't have the extension then, I only have the C wrench. The rear was on a stand but I couldn't get it to move.
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if the rear is on the stand, you're still putting weight on the spring. the stand is holding the wheel, which is pushing it up into the spring. it's the same as having it on the ground boss. you need to have someone LIFT the tail of the bike up, and take some weight off the rear wheel. if anything is bracing the swingarm, or wheel, there is still weight on it, which means you won't be able to turn it.
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