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Offline jerry

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SHORTENING SHOCK SPRINGS
« on: July 31, 2012, 08:46:25 am »
Following on from my question regarding shock dismantling (which was well answered by the way!) I now want to shorten my springs approx 1 1/2" (showing my age!) Is there a method? Any help appreciated Jerry
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Re: SHORTENING SHOCK SPRINGS
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2012, 09:56:38 am »
Yeah I have done it Jerry.

Worked as planned, but it didn't look pretty hey :D ::)
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Re: SHORTENING SHOCK SPRINGS
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2012, 10:35:09 am »
Just remember that anytime you shorten a spring, you increase it's rate!
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Re: SHORTENING SHOCK SPRINGS
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2012, 11:11:21 am »
Shortening a spring will make it stiffer, as an example I did the following cuts and changed the rate accordingly on one of my GSXR1000 roadbikes ...

.95kg fork spring, cut one complete coil changed it to a 1.0kg.

8.1kg shock spring, cut half a coil changed rate to 8.6kg.

Use this website for calculations ...

http://www.planetspring.com/pages/compression-spring-calculator-coil-calculator.php
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