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99blackx1
Posted on Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 12:45 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

After recently purchasing my 99 X1, i have found out that all the nitrogen has leaked out the rear shock, and have bought a replacement one off of Ironmachine.com. Now the time has come to remove the junk one and bolt the new one in. Don't have the fancy lifts and wheel supports that the dealers may use, it will be a basic at home garage install. I was wondering if any of you fellow Buellers might have any suggestions, maybe past experiences replacing your rear shock. Doesn't look too bad, other than getting the swingarm tension off the shock until the new one can be fit up.

You can email me at: dleuenberger@wi.rr.com.

Thanks for your time!
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Mikej
Posted on Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 08:25 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Many folks end up hanging their bikes from the seat rails to remove the tension from the rear suspension. Some use ladders, some use garage rafters, at least one guy uses a big tree branch in his back yard. You can use a chainfall type hoist, or sturdy cinch/ratchet straps doubled up for safety, or a block & tackle, or an engine arm hydraulic hoist, whatever works.
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Mikej
Posted on Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 08:29 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

ps, just saw you're in Kenosha, there's some pretty good mechanically inclined folks down your way. Post a help wanted in the Belle City Storm Front section if you need a little help in the hoisting department and one of them might offer a hand or two. Some pretty good folks down that way. Some other good folks just south of the border too.
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Firemanjim
Posted on Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 11:18 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Got any jackstands?I use a set under the footpeg mounts to steady bike and hold weight off the rear.
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Xldevil
Posted on Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 03:25 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

When I swaped my shock,I supported the swingarm with a lifter and put a scissors-jack from my Toyota between the frame´s rear end and the wheel.A piece of rubber did the frame protection.By the jack, I could vary the swingarm to frame distance.That made the installation part much easier.

jack

Ralph





(Message edited by xldevil on June 29, 2006)
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Steveford
Posted on Friday, June 30, 2006 - 08:25 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Ideal method:
Bike on lift with front wheel in vice
Support rear end with cherry picker
Bike jack under motor
Unbolt shock
Bolt on new one

Stranded caveman method:
Remove gas tank
Loosen shock hardware
Gently lay bike on side on something soft
Unbolt Shock
Bolt on new one
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99blackx1
Posted on Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 11:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Thanks for all your input! used the car jack method and it didn't take long at all. Rides a ton smoother now.
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Dudeman
Posted on Saturday, March 24, 2007 - 02:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

My 99 X1 has recently started acting like a pogo stick. So I suspect that the nitrogen has leaked as well.

99blackx1: what were your symptoms?

By the same token, are the shocks not rebuildable. Mine is the Older X1 Showa.

Cheers!
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