No, that's not possible.I bought a Manitou Mara Pro that was 230*60 and my bike uses a 230*65 shock. I went into the shock and removed a 5 mm spacer Manitou uses to shorten the shock length and I had my 230*65mm shock.
Using this same theory, can I convert a 9.5*3 (241.3*76.2) coil shock to 230*65 by simply adding a 11.3mm spacer on the shaft?
Am I missing something here or is it this simple?
Thanks for the response, I got excited there for a bit.No, that's not possible.
In metric-layouted shocks the eye-to-eye stays the same within a size bracket and you only change the travel, not the length.
With you 241mm you would need to change the overall length by 11mm and then also limit the travel to 65. So it would require two independent changes. Metric shock standards had been designed to work this way. Imperials are not.
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But was that not just what would happen in the scenario jmvar described?With you 241mm you would need to change the overall length by 11mm and then also limit the travel to 65.
No. The spacer on the shaft is limiting the travel when you compress the shock. It can still fully extend to it's maximum length. Therefore it won't shorten the shocks eye to eye.But was that not just what would happen in the scenario jmvar described?
If he would open up the shock, and ad a 11,3 mm spacer inside the damper the damper could not extend fully, so eye to eye would be 11,2 mm shorter -> 241 mm - 11,3 mm = 229,8 mm. And because the damper cannot fully extend, the stroke would be 11,3 mm shorter as well, reducing the stroke to 65 mm.
Maybe I was unclear but this was what I meant by placing the spacer inside damper.You need a spacer to also limit the eye to eye. This spacer belongs in the neg-chamber to stop the shock from fully extending.
Yes you can. Spacer goes inside the damper on the coil shock.I bought a Manitou Mara Pro that was 230*60 and my bike uses a 230*65 shock. I went into the shock and removed a 5 mm spacer Manitou uses to shorten the shock length and I had my 230*65mm shock.
Using this same theory, can I convert a 9.5*3 (241.3*76.2) coil shock to 230*65 by simply adding a 11.3mm spacer on the shaft?
Am I missing something here or is it this simple?
Would I be able to do this on an older fox rc4?Yes you can. Spacer goes inside the damper on the coil shock.
Yes, but the spacer needs to be a close fit on the shaft to work with the hydraulic top-out that is created as the rebound port goes inside the cap bushing.Would I be able to do this on an older fox rc4?
On the new DHX2 it doesn't have a hole in the shaft.Depends on what kind of coil shock.
On a Cane Creek Double Barrel coil shock, yes you can add a spacer under the main piston to get what you want (I've done it).
I'm no suspension enginerd, but on a shock like the newer Fox DHX2 for example with the rebound adjustment on the shaft, not so simple.
You're right, I just checked the service manual for it. I guess I'm really not a suspension enginerd.On the new DHX2 it doesn't have a hole in the shaft.
I know I'm resurrecting a long dead thread, but do you know which other coil shocks don't have a bleed port on their shaft for hydraulic top out?On the new DHX2 it doesn't have a hole in the shaft.
I also just learned the RS Vivid R2C is also like this.cane creek shocks, marzocchi moto c2r
