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Old 04-29-2012, 06:33 AM
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I believe the amount of air pressure in your shocks limits the amount of travel and stiffness in your suspension.
I doesn't lift, at least not anything that will be of any huge gain.
 
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Old 04-29-2012, 10:11 AM
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That could be, it's been awhile since I had those shock on, all I knew is when the air was down I would strick that panhard bar when hitting a bad bump. Don't have that problem now.
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Old 05-02-2012, 06:39 AM
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well I changed the muffler rubber mounts, did not make the thumping noise go away,
double checked all clamps on exhaust system.
but I did notice that the bike is sitting about 3/8 of an inch lower on the right side
now, before it always sat level. could I possibly have a bad shock?
how do you know if your shocks are bad or not.
I push up and down on the truck and everything seems ok.
any help would be appreciated
thanks
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Old 05-02-2012, 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by 03 Softail
well I changed the muffler rubber mounts, did not make the thumping noise go away,
double checked all clamps on exhaust system.
but I did notice that the bike is sitting about 3/8 of an inch lower on the right side
now, before it always sat level. could I possibly have a bad shock?
how do you know if your shocks are bad or not.
I push up and down on the truck and everything seems ok.
any help would be appreciated
thanks
dan
I kept getting moisture around the area where the boot met the lower mounting area and axle. It was my right rear shock that blow a seal.
 
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Old 05-02-2012, 09:45 AM
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I don't think if you had a bad shock that your trike would set lower on that side. When you air up your shocks the air goes to both shocks equal. So since they are tied together, if one starts to loose air then they both go down equally.
 
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