ZX6r B1H shock swop to curvy

hi guys,
recently completed the shock change on my curvy. What a difference it made!
Just one question though which didn't seem to be covered in any of the guides...
When I bolted the bottom of the shock, there seemed to be a couple of millimetres side play (ie the shock mount doesn't appear to sit snug against the bearing the bolt passes through).

I flat washer/spacer on the one side to take up some of the wide gap as was worried the when tightening the mount there was far too much side play.

Any ideas if this is normal, or should I keep or remove the spacer.
Movement is completely free at the moment with still a small amount of play side to side but not nearly as much as before.
Thanks

I believe that when i torqued up the bottom shock nut it pulled the shock mount tighter onto the bearing. I dont have a spacer. Once all the rest was torqued up there was a tiny bit of side to side play in the shock/linkage when there was no load on the suspension. I believe (from questions on here mostly but also the 'testing' its been through since it went on) that a little side to side movement is normal.

If in doubt ask a trusted garage or person to have a look for you. It shouldn't be to difficult to see because i guess you scraped most of the crud off when you did the job. And yes the difference is awesome. Have you done anything to the front?

Thanks,
I was just worried that when I torqued it up it might put too much side load on the shock prongs which may lead to cracking later?

I've just had the front rebuilt: new springs, seals and oil. All standard internals but they feel a load better. Altogether it feels much better during cornering , especially on bumpy fast corners and changes of direction. Dives a lot less now under braking.
Probably needs a little more compression damping on rear, but I'll tweak that gradually.

As long as you do it up with a torque wrench so you don't over tighten it it will be fine. Dropping in a set of emulators on the front makes the front really nice. Enjoy

[jambo]

The shock linkage has roller bearings and a central tube (I'm aware there's a proper name for that, I just can't remember what it is...)

From some measurements taken last night fitting either a ZX6R J (2001) or C model (2005) shock to a curvy there was about 0.3mm of play between this tube, and the shock forks. I'd say that's acceptable.

the tube itself can slide side to side as it's wider than the linkage itself at that point. This shouldn't be a big issue, and the main thing is that the shock is not being deformed by several mm as you torque up the bottom bolt, that would be bad...

Jambo

Yeah I had just over 1mm between the roller and the shock, hence the reason for the spacer.
Made sure I did it up to the right torque as well.

Like you say I didn't want to deform the bottom for obvious reasons.
Thanks for the info.