Ohlins shock. Shorter spring.

[petevtwin650]

Just got my Ohlins shock back from being serviced. They also put on a new stronger spring at my request as I ride two up all the time. 2 things.

The spring is considerably shorter than the original one. I have had to wind the collar down 25mm to tension the spring then add the preload. Will this affect the performance of the shock?

Before if I used all the compression settings I could barely compress the shock, now the "clicks" seem to barely do anything and on full compression setting the bike can still be pushed down fairly easily.

Thoughts please.

[Robw#70]

sounds like it needs re-valving as the spring is now too hard.
Ohlins springs are available in different lengths, looks like a shorter one was in stock.

[petevtwin650]

sounds like it needs re-valving as the spring is now too hard.
Ohlins springs are available in different lengths, looks like a shorter one was in stock.

Cheers Rob,

Not having much luck with so called specialists lately. Pretty much confirmed my suspicions on both counts

I would have much rather waited until the correct length spring was in stock as I'd fitted the old OEM shock to keep me mobile. Why didn't he inform me that a re-valve was neccessary whilst he was servicing the thing. :confused:

[Robw#70]

it may not be the spring, make sure the shock is working correctly first before pushing for the re-valve, incase something is wrong inside.

the valving covers a range of spring rates and it gets marginal on the crossover between certain weights, in that without fitting and trying/testing there's no other way of knowing

[northwind]

Which shop was it, out of curiousity?

[Lissa]

Which shop was it, out of curiousity?

Pm-ing you:D