this vs. these?
- Thread starter Racer.Z.
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A quick lesson on shock absorbers... no quad manufacturer makes shocks.
They purchase shocks and then build the suspension around them. There are a handful of shock manufacturers. The most common on jap quads is showa. Showa manufacturers extremely high end race bike suspension (honda's GP team sometimes uses showa equipment) to the cheapest piles of doo possible. Anywhere in that range you can find good examples and bad examples.
The suspension systems you mentioned are virtually identical. The late model LTZ400 suspension is a remote reservoir unit but the older ones are not. The rear shock on the 450R, 400EX, and LTZ400 look identical with the strange placement of the 450R reservoir as being a little off center (still works but you have to trim a mounting tab off the frame). The front shocks are, probably, identical units. Sprung and valved nearly identical probably.
The trick to a good swap of factory shocks onto modified blaster suspension is to find low hour units. Not such a big concern which quad they came off of as it is how bad they were beat on on the other quad before you got your hands on them. If you find a set of low hour take-offs, either of the choices you mentioned should be a huge improvement over the factory suspension
They purchase shocks and then build the suspension around them. There are a handful of shock manufacturers. The most common on jap quads is showa. Showa manufacturers extremely high end race bike suspension (honda's GP team sometimes uses showa equipment) to the cheapest piles of doo possible. Anywhere in that range you can find good examples and bad examples.
The suspension systems you mentioned are virtually identical. The late model LTZ400 suspension is a remote reservoir unit but the older ones are not. The rear shock on the 450R, 400EX, and LTZ400 look identical with the strange placement of the 450R reservoir as being a little off center (still works but you have to trim a mounting tab off the frame). The front shocks are, probably, identical units. Sprung and valved nearly identical probably.
The trick to a good swap of factory shocks onto modified blaster suspension is to find low hour units. Not such a big concern which quad they came off of as it is how bad they were beat on on the other quad before you got your hands on them. If you find a set of low hour take-offs, either of the choices you mentioned should be a huge improvement over the factory suspension
chances are the 450r shock is a bit newer and has less use on it. i know the valving is a bit different from the 400ex which makes it better suited for mx riding. just depends on what u plan on doing. 400ex if you plan to mainly trail ride;450r if you plan on doing alot of mx riding... also the 450r shock will also make ur blaster sit a 1/4 in shorter than stock, while the 400ex will raise it about half an inch... so its really just your preference either set up is good
yeah you guys all said that till i got my 450r shock lol it is a bit more solid and shorter than my 400ex shock...unless perhaps my shock was rebuilt and re-valved and the seller never told me?
the fronts are good, i dont no how people stand them for the rear unless the get it valved and the spring shortand
the 400ex shocks sits you up like 2 inches where the yfz it seems like it boosts you up like 7 icnhes, hahah
but the yfz fronts are good
yeah the yfz rear seems like it would mess with handling for the worse with the butt end sticking up in the air like a stink bug lol. i just measured my trx450r shock by the way and its .25in shorter than the oem blaster shock
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