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Old 21-10-18, 05:52 PM   #6
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Default Re: Rear shock on a budget? Better than stock?

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Originally Posted by Adam Ef View Post
...over what is increasingly feeling like a solid wooden block of a stock rear shock that I have on my K8?

It's only done just under 13k miles but feels awful and I'm getting really bumped around on all but the best of roads.
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Have you stripped and (re)greased the rear linkages recently?

Old shocks tend to lose their damping and go bouncy-bouncy but your description sounds like it's stiffening up, perhaps due to dry bushes beginning to seize? It may only have done 13k miles but it's 10 years since it was put together new, factory assembly lubrication was never generous and rear linkage servicing is often neglected.
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