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Old 09-02-2007 | 03:47 PM
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I just use a BIG set of channel locks, and a shop towel, to keep from scratching the chrome.
 
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Old 09-02-2007 | 06:10 PM
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SportyPig.

You got an ash tray on that sporty? I see you ride with a smoke in your mouth.

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Old 09-03-2007 | 01:17 AM
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SportyPig.

You got an ash tray on that sporty? I see you ride with a smoke in your mouth.

Tom
Wind for the ashes brother. Then the butt usually goes into my vest pocket. That pic isn't my "usual" riding gear. Except of course for the "gayass fingerless gloves".
 
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Old 09-03-2007 | 03:12 AM
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looks good
 
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Old 09-04-2007 | 07:30 PM
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After you installed your progressive shocks did you have to re-adjust your drive belt?

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Old 09-04-2007 | 08:01 PM
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I use a big set of Channel locks also.With a towel or paper towels.Easier than I thought it would be.
 
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Old 09-04-2007 | 09:30 PM
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I've got the saddlebag support brackets installed and wasted the $10 or whatever on the shock spanner wrench. Impossible to get the right angle and do any adjusting - the dang support brackets are always right where I need to be twisting! Think I'll switch to those high tech channel locks as well!
 
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Old 09-05-2007 | 07:19 PM
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STOP!! Don't file or modify that shock wrench. I'd DESIGNED that way!!. I had just bought the same wrench the other day and had not used it yet. Read these posts and checked my wrench. Sure enough, it did NOT fit the radius of the shock adjuster ring. Got out my files and went to work trying to make the tool EXACTLY fit the radius of the adjuster ring on the shock.

THEN IT HIT ME!! The tool is DESIGNED to have a gradually decreasing radius so that the only two points of contact are the "hook" end and the "tail" end. The hook does the work...the tail end does the bracing....everything in between is of no consequence at all.....the tool is not meant to "grip" the radius of the shock. The tool is designed so it hooks at one end and braces at the other end. Contact in the "middle" only tends to see-saw the hook out of the notch on the shock.

Although I made mine a nearly exact fit to the radius by a hour of filing it did no harm. The tool works fine. But it "would have" worked fine right out of the package......with the decreasing radius design which doesn't contact the shock adjuster ring in the middle.
 
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Old 09-06-2007 | 11:34 AM
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STOP!! Don't file or modify that shock wrench. I'd DESIGNED that way!!. I had just bought the same wrench the other day and had not used it yet. Read these posts and checked my wrench. Sure enough, it did NOT fit the radius of the shock adjuster ring. Got out my files and went to work trying to make the tool EXACTLY fit the radius of the adjuster ring on the shock.

THEN IT HIT ME!! The tool is DESIGNED to have a gradually decreasing radius so that the only two points of contact are the "hook" end and the "tail" end. The hook does the work...the tail end does the bracing....everything in between is of no consequence at all.....the tool is not meant to "grip" the radius of the shock. The tool is designed so it hooks at one end and braces at the other end. Contact in the "middle" only tends to see-saw the hook out of the notch on the shock.

Although I made mine a nearly exact fit to the radius by a hour of filing it did no harm. The tool works fine. But it "would have" worked fine right out of the package......with the decreasing radius design which doesn't contact the shock adjuster ring in the middle.
Maybe you were lucky but there is no way that the wrench I had would work in the way you described. Any force AT ALL on the handle would pop the hook right out of the slot. Filing was the only way to go.
 
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Old 09-06-2007 | 02:27 PM
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cHarley

After you installed your progressive shocks did you have to re-adjust your drive belt?

Thanks
Tom
Nope, no adjustment required. I replaced the MoCo 11.75" stock shocks with 11.5" Progressives. I did the shocks 1 at a time. Turned the opposite shock up to max preload & the shock I was replacing to minimun preload. Relpaced the shock and then reversed the procedure for the opposite side.No jack required.
 


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