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     Sportyeric |
I have both an original WP shock (with the exposed spring) and a recall shock (16")(of the good type) which had been rebuilt by Aftershock in California by the previous owner. I had been thinking of getting a Works shock to deal with the weight of two-up riding but have been convinced that I should just get a rebuild with heavier spring from Race-tech. I have a slight preference to leave the original shock unmolested for future generations. Or use it to rebuild to keep the "cool" factor? Was the original fault of the original shock that it leaked (which hasn't been a problem for me in 50k miles) or was it mounting hole failure? | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
My guess would be that the WP shock would be easier to re-spring. The feedback I got from RT was that because the stock shock had the enclosed spring and the tolerances were so tight, that they didn't have a shock to fit. It would scrape and rub the inside of the casing and foul the shock. The external spring would seem to be easier to replace since it's external to the shock casing. If you are trying to respring for significant two up weight, I don't think revalving will completely do the trick. Did you talk with RT? | ||
| Preybird1 |
The good thing about the works shock is it is user serviceable and the factory buell shock is not so much. It can be done but it is far easier to rebuild the WP. | ||
| Sportyeric |
When I speak of WP, I am thinking that that is the brand of the original shock. And Works Shocks are a different animal. Since my recall shock (Showa) has been re-built, that shows that it can be done, although I don't know the cost. Firemanjim, the previous owner, thought it was a good idea at the time. Buying a new Works shock would be about $300 more than rebuilding and re-valving one of the stock shocks, and wouldn't provide a better shock (according to the Revtech guy, who , of course, might be biased.) I spoke to the Revtech guy at the Seattle IMS. My need is for a heavier spring, which, without getting into specifics, they said they could do. But he said that I might as well have it re-valved while they have it. My thoughts are that a re-valving would fix any issues with leakage from the stock mechanism. That's useful info about the enclosed can not having room for the spring. Thanks. That leads me towards using the original WP. Hopefully, they would have a white spring, but I guess it wouldn't be the end of the world if they didn't. And I just found the other thread on shocks, so we can consider this one redundant. Thanks for the input. (Message edited by Sportyeric on January 21, 2012) |
