Re: Ohlins shocks ... nightmare!

[Bob MacFarland <emoto1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

ABSDoug2@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>      I bought these Ohlins a year and 2 months ago, 10K miles so far. Spent
>$1K for both. All the measurements worked out when new. I paid the money I
>was damn sure gunna dial these suckers in. Take measurement with wheels off
>ground (center stand). Then you measure with the bike of stand sans rider,
>then with the rider. The remote external hydraulic adjustment was perfect,
>at the beginning of its adjustment.
>      Ohlins claims 20K between rebuilds. Ok, I knew that going in. Let me
>also point out that Ive been trying, in vain to tell myself there was
>nothing off about the bikes handling. Lately I had started to notice the
>back was not right. Let me also say in no way do I mean to offend anyone;
>perhaps Im just a sucker. The experts say that ALL shocks, stock shocks
>included, are shot by 20K. If this is true then most people just pretend
>that isnt true. So I buy into this and interestingly enough, I actually
>noticed something wasnt right at 10K. Could I be so in tune that this
>disturbance in the Force was real? Sure enough the numbers didnt add up! No
>adjustment was left on the remote adjustment.
>I figure its time to get out the spanner that came with the shocks. What
>fun this will be <sigh>. You give the collar a few turns, put everything
>back and hope you got it close enough so the remote adjustment could come
>into play, if not take it all back apart again and try again <sigh>.
>

I am trying to understand what your issue was. From the above, it sounds 
like you were trying to set the sag, but ran out of adjustment. Is that 
correct? How much sag did you want, and how much did you have? If you 
are having to go well beyond the range of adjustment, it sounds like the 
incorrect weight of spring is in place.

Bob

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