RE: Ohlins shocks ... nightmare!

[<ABSDoug2@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

	Yeah I had my mail going to a folder which was hidden. I fixed
it. Read all the comments. Would LOVE to hear I'm doing something
wrong!

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-oilheads@xxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-oilheads@xxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Bob Hadden
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 2:05 PM
To: oilheads@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Ohlins shocks ... nightmare!

Wow Doug,  You started a major thread and then missed the whole
show?
Perhaps there wasn't much specific advise, but there were many
replies.
  I am waiting for my brother to get back from Texas so I can ask
him
the exact procedure we used to adjust preload on our Ohlins.

Bob Hadden '98RS

On Apr 20, 2004, at 10:26 PM, <ABSDoug2@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>             I think I posted this already, but *I* never saw it
come
> through. Anyway, NOBODY has any suggestions, or did this E-mail
really
> not
> get through?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ABSDoug2@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ABSDoug2@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 12:50 AM
> To: oilheads@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Ohlins shocks ... nightmare!
>
>       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>.
> At this
> point, Im starting to wish I hadnt noticed anything. But at
least I
> can
> say Im in tune with my bike and I did pay the money to have
precise
> ADJUSTABLE shocks. What the hell, I like wrenching and Ive got
no
> plans
> today, so with a change in attitude I jump in gleefully.
> So here is the catch. The main collar doesnt adjust! There was
a pin
> and I
> got that out. Took the hydraulic hose off, clearance issue. Put
the
> sucker
> in a vice and got my spanner ready. Here was that moment where
the
> adjustability pays off, but no. That damn spanner didnt do
shit! I
> mean not
> a bit. Ive never attempted/needed to do the front, but I damn
sure
> remember
> the directions saying you could. Ohlins shipped these shocks
with a
> spanner,
> so WTF? Since I thought of the directions, I started paging
through
> them
> again.
> On shock absorbers that have mechanical type adjustment the
position
> of the
> adjusting/preload rings can be adjusted. On a shock absorber
that has
> hydraulic setting the BASIC position can be adjusted. Such
changes
> should be
> attended to by an Ohlins authorized service workshop.
> The bold is mine. The above isnt even written right as it
sounds like
> you
> need an Ohlins guy to watch you adjust the remote. What I think
the
> author
> is tying to say is, if you want to make a major adjustment to
the
> shock with
> a MECHANICAL adjustment, have at it. If you have the remote,
you can
> only
> make BASIC changes. PLEASE correct me if Im wrong and you read
this
> different.
> Now that part about having to send it to a authorized
workshop!!! Not
> so
> fast there you fuckers. You should have made these adjustable
and damn
> it I
> m gunna adjust it!
> I got out a punch and a hammer <shiver>. Hey, why not, at this
point
> Im
> either fixing it, or I have to send it out to be fixed. I got
the
> collar
> to spin three times. There isnt enough material to bang on the
collar
> anymore. Other then the collar, nothing else was brutally
assaulted.
> In fact
> I didnt even put a scratch on it. Everything else, is ok and I
doubt
> they
> need rebuilding. I figure if Im sending it in, theyll
giggle a bit
> and
> put a new collar, adjusted the right way.
> Now the questions. How close did I get it? Ill need so help
with that
> one.
> Next question, where do I send them if they arent right. Last
> question: do
> I feel like going riding in the morning? Time check, 12:45 AM
and I
> havent
> showered yet. <sigh> Why cant I just be one of those church
going
> folk?

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