Hi chaps,
I'm putting some offset bushings onto my mojo, but I've got a rod through the shock bush for the rear. It's very tight against the bush, and I dont really want to brute force it.
The rod looks like the big rod in this:
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Going through the rear of the shock.
Any help on removing it? Obviously I've got a bench vice, and a DU bush tool...
Cheers for the help
Ricks
If you want to keep the rod ,put a piece of old tube around it then try twisting the rod out with a pliers or a vice
Use the vice to support the shock eyelet and tap the "rod" out with a soft faced mallet.
It can't be that tight as the DU bush pivots around it.
Ah, but the rod doesn't pivot around the du bush. There are two alu top-hats that slide onto the rod, that pivot around the rod.
I've had the rod clamped in the vice, and tried to twist it out, but it wouldn't budge.
Found the answer.... http://service.foxracingshox.com/consumers/Content/Service/Rear_Shocks/reducer_maintenance2011.htm
Although I dont have a soft jawed vice, mine is brutal.
Your picture doesn't show the type of reducer you have linked to up there ^^. 😉
Just clamp it in the vice and twist out.
Ah, but the rod doesn't pivot around the du bush. There are two alu top-hats that slide onto the rod, that pivot around the rod.
The rod/tophats do not move. The DU pivots around them.
Mine is the pin and sleeve.
On the advice of Mr LoCo I put some rubber in my brutal vice jaws, and pressed the pin out slowly, then pushed it out fully with a 8mm socket.
Pressed the offset bushes in, installed a volume reducer and all looks good.
Will have to go for a spin to see if I notice the HA difference at all.