Thread: Test ride - bang - broken suspension picture
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Old 07-08-2010, 05:52 AM
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OOps, I think I see the problem, I should have looked more closely.

Those shocks in standard form take a 57mm ID spring. That's the old 2.25". King springs (which they look like ) do not make a 57mm spring, they make a 60mm ID spring.

I suspect that MAY be the problem. Looking at the bottom of the spring in the pic it seems to have moved off center of the spring seat. If the spring was the correct size ( or aftermarket seats and hats installed) then the spring could not move off center.

I suspect that over time the off center spring has been flexing the shock plunger /shaft causing the failure.
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