Bushings for 400ex rear shock
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What do you do about the space in the bottom mount? does anyone have a link to a really good guide?
Also do all years fit?
Thanks again
Also do all years fit?
Thanks again
i have the same set of mr oconners bushings....awesome mod for the ex shock..makes it a 5 minute mount, great upgrade
i didnt do anything with the bottom......u could throw in washers or a collar to use up the space in there, but seems to work just fine
i have the same bushings , so worth it . the bottom mount needs to be drilled out so the blaster pin works with the 400ex shock. but it doesn't need any lower spacers , the shock was designed to have some side to side play in it .
I don't really understand... Say when I was hitting a jump. Would the landing with the 400ex shock put more pressure on the rear end than the stock shock would?
Probably not, but I'm just wondering.
The O'connor bushings are the only way to fly. They create a seamless install for ANY 400EX rear shock.
The bushings create the proper spacing and bolt cavity for the upper shock mount, but you do need to either lathe the stock top blaster bolt down to 10mm or replace with a 10mm bolt.
The bottom of the 400EX rear shock gets drilled out to 12mm to take the stock rear shock blaster bottom mount bolt. No need for a spacer or shim on the bottom, the shock is designed to "float" in that bottom mount to the swing arm, works just fine.
OR, you can do, as Freek said and did, fit a few washers in there to secure the fit a bit more, but again it is not necessarily needed.
AND, NO, running the 400EX rear shock does not stress the rear of the blaster/frame anymore than the stock shock did, just provides a much better, stronger, more adjustable rear suspension setup, by all means.
Hope this helps...
The bushings create the proper spacing and bolt cavity for the upper shock mount, but you do need to either lathe the stock top blaster bolt down to 10mm or replace with a 10mm bolt.
The bottom of the 400EX rear shock gets drilled out to 12mm to take the stock rear shock blaster bottom mount bolt. No need for a spacer or shim on the bottom, the shock is designed to "float" in that bottom mount to the swing arm, works just fine.
OR, you can do, as Freek said and did, fit a few washers in there to secure the fit a bit more, but again it is not necessarily needed.
AND, NO, running the 400EX rear shock does not stress the rear of the blaster/frame anymore than the stock shock did, just provides a much better, stronger, more adjustable rear suspension setup, by all means.
Hope this helps...
essentially what I meant is that the 400ex shock is adjustable so that you can stiffen it up and not sweat bottoming out the rear end , the shock is stiffer , and can be adjusted for dampening and rebound , 3 way adjustable , works far better than the stock pogo bar
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