I have recently had new bushings fitted to my RP23 shock, (the type that look like top hats) albeit with some slight damage to the bolt which holds shock to the swing arm. The bolt no longer moves freely through the bushings, does this matter? I can't work out whether the bushing needs to move freely to pivot around the bolt at all.
My gut feeling is no, an it'll be ok, but I just want to check.
The bolt/pin I refer to is at the top of this pic.
https://www.icloud.com/photostream/#A1JtdOXmGa3eCc
No one? 🙂
How is the bolt damaged? If it's just scored or scratched then you can just smooth it off with some emery cloth etc.
If it's bent, then i'd replace it.
Hope this helps.
It's not bent (I don't think) but is scored to the point where the bushing will not pass over the scoring without a fair bit of "encouragement"...
No it shouldn't matter as the bolt fixes the top hats to the pivot. The top hats should rotate in the bush, have you re-sized the bushes?
To resize bushes You need a steel pin from the heavy duty kit (Get the longest you can), insert this into the new bushes and fix in a vice (Very firm). Excersize the shock back and forth until the rotation is nice and easy, you'll find that the top hats fit a lot better and the suspension will feel a lot plusher.
From your pic it looks as if the top hats have been rotating around the bolt, if the bolt is not smooth then it may be the bush is twisting when being replaced. I use the new bush to push the old one out, this ensures all is square.