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31-07-10, 11:44 AM

Well the posty just delivered this today. 2005 zx10 shock in mint condition just got to wait for the bolt and nut from wemoto before i can fit it.

02-08-10, 06:39 PM

I've started sorting my bike ready to swap the shocks over stripped the rear body work and removed the battery and also loosened the top bolt of the shock (which was a right B*****D) but which bolt on the swingarm linkage is it best to take off to access the bottom shock bolt front or back, or doesn't it matter. Got a couple of weeks off work with a fractured arm so thought i might as well put the time to good use whilst i can't ride the bike.

andrewsmith · 02-08-10, 06:46 PM

Rob here is the guide i'll be using. Its for the ZX6 but the stripping and assembly process is the same

http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=113667

02-08-10, 06:58 PM

Cheers done everything up to that point. Just make sure that you come to change it you loosen the bolts off a little before lifting the bike up took an awful lot of elbow grease to move the top one.

yorkie_chris · 02-08-10, 10:41 PM

Dogbone ones are the usual culprit.

02-08-10, 11:59 PM

my dog bone bolts were stuck solid rounded both ends of with breaker bar in the end i had to cut them off.

at some point im going to drop the whole linkage and clean and greace it again now that i have proper greace

andrewsmith · 03-08-10, 09:46 AM

whts the best. Red rubber or copper slip

yorkie_chris · 03-08-10, 09:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andrewsmith

whts the best. Red rubber or copper slip

what for

03-08-10, 10:06 AM

i think he means for the dogbone linkages

TamSV · 03-08-10, 10:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob969

i think he means for the dogbone linkages

In that case, neither! You could use general purpose grease. I think I used bearing grease on mine.

Rob, while you're at it you may as well drop that linkage out (where the bottom of the shock attaches) and give it a good clean and regrease. Mine was pretty grim.

Push the metal spacers out, clean everything up with a rag and press new grease into the bearings.

02-08-10, 06:39 PM	#42
Rob969 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Rear shock suggestions - I'm overwhelmed. I've started sorting my bike ready to swap the shocks over stripped the rear body work and removed the battery and also loosened the top bolt of the shock (which was a right B*****D) but which bolt on the swingarm linkage is it best to take off to access the bottom shock bolt front or back, or doesn't it matter. Got a couple of weeks off work with a fractured arm so thought i might as well put the time to good use whilst i can't ride the bike.

02-08-10, 06:46 PM	#43
andrewsmith Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Just south of salad dodging country Posts: 7,750	Re: Rear shock suggestions - I'm overwhelmed. Rob here is the guide i'll be using. Its for the ZX6 but the stripping and assembly process is the same http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=113667 __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012. Always missed squire!!! Every year we meet old friends, gain some new ones, lose old ones and you always remember them all. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi

02-08-10, 06:58 PM	#44
Rob969 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Rear shock suggestions - I'm overwhelmed. Cheers done everything up to that point. Just make sure that you come to change it you loosen the bolts off a little before lifting the bike up took an awful lot of elbow grease to move the top one.

02-08-10, 10:41 PM	#45
yorkie_chris Noisy Git Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Halifax/Leeds Posts: 26,645	Re: Rear shock suggestions - I'm overwhelmed. Dogbone ones are the usual culprit. __________________ Currently Ex Biker Now rebuilding a 63' fishing trawler as a dive boat

02-08-10, 11:59 PM	#46
barwel1992 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Rear shock suggestions - I'm overwhelmed. my dog bone bolts were stuck solid rounded both ends of with breaker bar in the end i had to cut them off. at some point im going to drop the whole linkage and clean and greace it again now that i have proper greace

03-08-10, 09:46 AM	#47
andrewsmith Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Just south of salad dodging country Posts: 7,750	Re: Rear shock suggestions - I'm overwhelmed. whts the best. Red rubber or copper slip __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012. Always missed squire!!! Every year we meet old friends, gain some new ones, lose old ones and you always remember them all. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi

03-08-10, 10:06 AM	#49
Rob969 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Rear shock suggestions - I'm overwhelmed. i think he means for the dogbone linkages

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