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Thejosh
| | Posted on Sunday, October 30, 2011 - 10:45 pm: | 
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Not sure if I have the front isolator upgrade. I already replaced the shock with a works, but if a front isolator upgrade will help with the exhaust studs breaking, I'm all for it. |
Harleyelf
| | Posted on Sunday, October 30, 2011 - 11:04 pm: |
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The bolt head near your front exhaust port will be 3/4" and the nut above the isolator (under the gas tank near the steering neck) will have a very heavy washer under it with a flat side and a conical profile (thick in the center) if you have the old part. The new part has a bigger air gap viewed from the side. It lets the motor shake with respect to the frame. The exhaust stays fixed to the motor, it shakes with respect to the frame, too.
(Message edited by harleyelf on October 30, 2011) |
Greg_cifu
| | Posted on Sunday, October 30, 2011 - 11:07 pm: |
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quote:Greg, do your oil lines route like an S3, under the engine and above the shock?
Yup, 2001 S3. Most of the oil is collected right on the shock body, just ahead of the spring canister. My first clue it wasn't the shock is that there was some oil on the front mount and I said, "how the heck would shock oil get all the way up there?" I wiped a bunch off the canister and it smells and feels like engine oil, not shock oil.
Keeping things on-topic: who does basic seal R&R and recharging without any other specialty work (revalving, springs, etc)? I need to send in the old 14" Showa and get a new seal and recharge. At $300, I will save it toward a new shock. $150 and I'll take my chances on the Showa. At least it's the 14". |
Harleyelf
| | Posted on Sunday, October 30, 2011 - 11:15 pm: |
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Check the archives of this thread. Several options were discussed. Oil lines are easy to change out; use regular car oil line and stainless hose clamps. |
Greg_cifu
| | Posted on Sunday, October 30, 2011 - 11:24 pm: |
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Ahh...found it. I thought Racetech was $300-ish. At $150, I'll send the old one out so it's on the shelf when the S1 or S2 puke their first-gen Showa (16 inchers). |
Harleyelf
| | Posted on Sunday, October 30, 2011 - 11:50 pm: |
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My '99 came with a 16" shock. I have not changed the front mount. I have a square hat welded out of stainless steel which fits over the back mounting eye of a 14" late model Showa to make it reach the swing arm bolt. It let me lower the ride height an inch to suit my elfin build and allows me put both feet on the ground at once. |
Greg_cifu
| | Posted on Monday, October 31, 2011 - 03:29 am: |
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Hmmm...well, I guess that Showa isn't blown after all. It seems that the threaded nipple on the feed side of the oil pump managed to back itself out nearly two turns! And that happens to drip exactly on top of the shock canister, at the front of the spring--right where oil would leak out.
Very odd. This bike is still having problems with deferred and/or faulty maintenance by the previous owner's dealer. This just add to the list of things that make one say, "WTF?
(the last was the breadbox missing it's rubber seal and the ports on the snorkle being covered in multiple wraps of aluminum duct tape)
Resume shock discussions... |
Charlies_s1
| | Posted on Monday, October 31, 2011 - 08:45 pm: |
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Don't mean to throw a wrench in the works, But I once saw a picture of an Ohlin's shock????? Was it not on a tuber??? |
Slaughter
| | Posted on Monday, October 31, 2011 - 08:52 pm: |
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Penske and Works made pull-shocks for the tubers. Hyperpro made a complex linkage that "reversed" the action to allow use of a "normal" shock... but doubt it's even available.
http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/384 2/197732.html?1150958681 |
Guell
| | Posted on Monday, October 31, 2011 - 08:54 pm: |
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ohlins made a shock for the tuber, TIJ has one on his s1 |
Greg_cifu
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 01, 2011 - 01:29 am: |
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Not mine, blah, blah, blah...
Might help somebody in need of a shock.
http://corpuschristi.craigslist.org/mcy/2674505888 .html |
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