I was wondering if it were possible? Regular old rear spring shocks on my 06 street bob. The springs have some pretty nice rust on there from the previous owner not storing it properly..maybe? Either way, is this possible? How difficult is it to remove these shocks? Any special tools required or is it hard to get back on with the proper setting. I don't know anything about the suspension on the Harley yet. I can't really tell if the stock shocks have adjuster on them or if they are just set to a general spring.

Let me know what you guys think! SCHOOL ME!

Thanks in advance

 

You can powder them.
I assume you just take out the upper and lower bolts and remove the whole assembly.
then you can take the coil off of the shock and have them powdered.

A spanner wrench will be needed to adjust the preload of these. OR just leave them alone and once powder and put the back together as they were.
You'll need two people to re-install i think as you'll need to compress the spring to get it to line up with the bolt holes.

 

we offer a full tear down, coating and reassemble package for customers... they come out great!

 

Wow...that looks f**king outstanding bro! I was hoping you would respond. I was trying to send you a PM via you profile, but I could not find the option. Where can I discuss details with you about this like price, turnaround, options etc.... if an email works it is zachary.mckain@yahoo.com

Thanks!

 

And thank you for letting me know. I didn't know exactly how the shocks worked on these bikes. Looking at them...maybe I am retarded I do not see where the preload adjuster even is on them!

I guess I am just worried that if I just remove the bolts and they are under a lot of tension are they going to just to spring in a direction real fast haha...I don't really have a lift of anything to put the bike on to relieved all the compression...hrmmm

 

Preload adjuster is the cutouts in the bottom portion of shock, spanner tool can be used to increase/decrease. You can unbolt shocks and they be removed as one unit. You need somesort of compression tool to relieve tension and pull clip out of the top. There are lots of DIY spring compression tools on here & internet.