Hi guys i have ordered brand new reiger shocks for less and half price from a shop. anyways.
they are 15 and a half inches so there a inch to long. i might get away with fitting them or i may be able to adjust them. but if not was thinking of this.
getting my mate hes a welder. to cut the top and bottom eye on each shock in half so it leaves a cut off like a half moon shape. and get him to file/grind half a inch of the top one and half a inch of the bottom one the parts that get cut off. and reweld them so there 14 and a half inches from eye to eye? my mate is a qualified welder although im not sure if there aluminium but i have someone else that has a garage that welds aluminium. but just wanting to know your guys output on it as that the only thing i can think of without spending money on long travel arms or sending them off to get shaft cut and thread as i can't afford any more money to get anything done as still to buy jets for exhaust.
please be honest what you think of the idea. not sure how i thought of it but just thought of that way as it saves interfering with the actual springs etc plus it would only cost me £20/$40 max to get them welded.
thanks guys!
they are 15 and a half inches so there a inch to long. i might get away with fitting them or i may be able to adjust them. but if not was thinking of this.
getting my mate hes a welder. to cut the top and bottom eye on each shock in half so it leaves a cut off like a half moon shape. and get him to file/grind half a inch of the top one and half a inch of the bottom one the parts that get cut off. and reweld them so there 14 and a half inches from eye to eye? my mate is a qualified welder although im not sure if there aluminium but i have someone else that has a garage that welds aluminium. but just wanting to know your guys output on it as that the only thing i can think of without spending money on long travel arms or sending them off to get shaft cut and thread as i can't afford any more money to get anything done as still to buy jets for exhaust.
please be honest what you think of the idea. not sure how i thought of it but just thought of that way as it saves interfering with the actual springs etc plus it would only cost me £20/$40 max to get them welded.
thanks guys!
could i just compress the shocks down and fit them without welding etc? was speaking to awk and he had 16 and a half inch on his black bike and he said it messed up the tie rods they ended up binding. but dunno about a inch longer.
