hello biker friends,
I bought a fox dhx2 trunnion 185x55 shock, used, for my Norco Sight VLT, without spring, I bought, always used, a 2.25" sls spring and I thought it was correct, but on other bikes, with the same size 185x55, I have since the spring 2.4 is used and I am in doubt of having mistakenly chosen ... can anyone help me? I thank you in advance.
Paul.
As long as it mounts properly and has the correct compressed length I can't imagine a smaller diameter is going to be a problem,
If you mean the shock needs 2.4 but you've only got 2.25, the spring might bottom out before the shock does, ideally use the same stroke or a bit more. A 2.4 in a 2.25 shock would be okay if you can get the slotted spring retainer on. Some people never bottom out their shock, if you bottom out regularly you need the correct stroke. On second thoughts, its only a few mm, so you should be okay.
2.25” is 57mm
2.4” is 61mm
If you weren’t running a metric shock then it could be a problem but you’ve “just” got enough. The extra 4 mm of a 2.4 would be nice but I wouldn’t worry much
You've got 2mm spare, when the spring is clean, but shock springs aren't meant to come that close to bottoming out, but if you rarely bottom out your shock you're fine.
I misunderstood this post at first.