Busa Shock Talk

[yorkie_chris]

I believe the SV linkage is retained same as other shock swaps.

Since the 'busa is from similar era as SRAD, you may need to turn the bottom of the shock around. Not sure.

Take the triple linkage off, take the center part of the bearings out, rub around with a rag and paraffin to remove as much of the old grease (if any!) and muck as possible. Then rinse with paraffin, petrol, brake cleaner, whatever and dry. Use brake cleaner last as it evaporates quickly...
Then with a clean finger, work grease into the bearings, lithium complex, LM, general purpose, something like that. Get as much in there as you can then reassemble.

[Viney]

Never over pack a bearing!

When i popped my last shock off i used my paddock stand then lowered it onto a couple of axle stands under the foot pegs the strpped them to each other to stop them sliding off in different directions

One thing i would say is loosen the bolts BEFORE you put it up on stands of any kind. Its soooooooo much easier.

[yorkie_chris]

Yeah for a wheel bearing, these are moving very slowly in comparison so you can fully pack them.

Cheers for the advice guys. I think I have a couple of old jacks somewhere that I could use under the footpegs, not a bad idea.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

I believe the SV linkage is retained same as other shock swaps.

It is.

All in seems pretty cool if you ask me, much stiffer, adjustable compression on it, niiiiiiiice. Was well easy to get it as i stated that, they were my famous last words. Busa shock bottom is not threaded so had to go and buy a bolt. Need to take it to someone who has a torque wrench that will do 78Nm, Ady and me decided 50Nm then a half turn, it didnt go any tighter anyway, but just gonna double check things.

Cheers again Ady for all your help and thanks for the text Ape, soon as I read the message I lost my phone else I woulda text back.

Next weeks task - change the fork oil and investigate why my calipers are closing in on my discs

[yorkie_chris]

Buy a bolt?

What manner of bolt? The ones used in the linkage are not normal bolts.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Buy a bolt?

What manner of bolt? The ones used in the linkage are not normal bolts.

One from Halfords, we did get one from B&Q but in the end we decided it was made out of cheese.

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by plowsie

One from Halfords, we did get one from B&Q but in the end we decided it was made out of cheese.

You would be much better getting a pukka bolt for your busa shock, I doubt that a bolt from Halfords will have the correct strength for the application. Y-C will give chapter and verse on the bolt required, but a bit of searching would reveal the part number needed for the bolt folks use for their ZX-x shocks.

Originally Posted by Luckypants

You would be much better getting a pukka bolt for your busa shock, I doubt that a bolt from Halfords will have the correct strength for the application. Y-C will give chapter and verse on the bolt required, but a bit of searching would reveal the part number needed for the bolt folks use for their ZX-x shocks.

Yeah, just had a word with Suzuki on the phone. The Busa bolt is a nut and bolt, so may go and pick one of them up to check, but, its 10mm longer so it's gonna be a waste of time cos that will just collide with the dogbones.