fivespot – Member
zoolander….on the grey shock shaft (where the ‘O’ ring is), what is length of it ? (only the part where the dia. is the same all along). If it is 57mm, and your bike has a shock travel of 50mm, then you will not get the ‘O’ ring to the end. The shock dimensions 200×50 or 200×57 can be the same dimensions, at full length, but a 200×50 won’t get compress as far as a 200×57. Phew !!! where’S LoCo when you need him
Sorry but how can that be even remotely true?
If a shock has a stroke of 50mm and it’s put in the frame then compressed with no air in it, the shock will compress fully.
If a shock has a stroke of 57mm and is put in the very same frame and the air removed then compressed, the shock will compress fully.
The only thing that will stop the longer stroke shock from compressing fully (once all the air is let out) is something hitting the frame and stopping the linkages from attaining full travel i.e. the rear tyre hitting the seat tube.
The O-Ring not being all the way down the shaft may well be caused by the nice new bumpstop in the damper actually doing it’s job and limiting the shock to it’s factory level of stroke.