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Cheers Ewan. I'm assuming the ti spring felt as good as the steel in terms of suspension performance.
Bazzer - good point, I'd need to check. I haven't sorted the play yet and didn't even notice whether it's bushes or not (someone else fitted the shock for me). All I know is there's some play that I need to eliminate.
Are you sure the geometry adjust triangle thing is bolted up correctly.
The bearings on the CCDB are some of the best I have seen. I have bent the mounting pins and the bearings and mountings are still fine !!!
The slider mounting is secure bazzer. I'm guessing there's a sacrificial plastic or metal hula-hoop thingy that's worn out (easily and cheaply replaced, I know) but I need to have a proper look.
The du bush? The mounting bolts on the Orange do bend quite easily best to replace them with proper bolts, nuts and washers.
There are no DU bush on my CCDB.
It has a spherical bearing and some alloy tophats. It could be worn tophats but they should not wear as they should be clamped up tight and it should run on the bearigs.
I'll investigate - not sure what the set-up is on my Patriot. I just know there's a bit of play now, and it wasn't there before my riding holiday. It's a small amount, but it will inevitably get worse. On previous shocks it was always the sacrificial hula-hoop that is squeezed into the shock's eye (swingarm end), but they always lasted months, not weeks.
Du bushes used on spacer fittings over 1" wide, and spherical ones on smaller sizes, just checked the CC website, less side/twisting load on the smaller spacers I guess.