Member Contributer IntAceptor Posted October 12, 2003 Member Contributer Share Posted October 12, 2003 Got me a Fox Twin Clicker and jumped on the Slammer's installation of his Ohlins to get some ideas. He took off the rear wheel, gas tank and the exhaust system to get at the nuts and bolts that needed to be removed, cleaned and painted the exhaust headers and lubed everything up before re-assembly. ?Absolutely the proper way to do it, hands down. Now not to slam our Slammer (for he is of mechanical mind and stout heart ?:bow: ) and being that I am going for a ride today and had to get it done last night, I decided to opt for a lazy man's way of doing this. ?I did want to clean everything, which I did, and I did want to lube everything which I did also, BUT I didn't want to decompose the bike in the process. ?Time restraints didn't allow for it. Soooooo ?--- ?with a beer in hand ?:wheel: , I sat back for about 5 minutes and just looked at the situation. ?When the effect of the mostly gone can of beer took hold on the one or two remaining neurons in the gray matter ?:idea:, the light came on. Hey, said I, this can be done without taking off the rear wheel, tank, and exhaust ?------ ?Maybe. So in I went. ?With bike on centerstand I supported the rear wheel with a block of wood. ?Not lifted, just supported. I took out the bolt that holds the bottom eye of the OEM shock and then removed the other two bolts and the tri-angular side brackets that the shock and the linkage couple together with. ?I also removed the pivot collar (the dog bone looking arm that comes off the back of the engine). The tank was raised but not removed (shaken not stirred) and all the nuts bolts and rubber pads up there were taken out of the way so I could get to the nut holding the top of the shock. ?That came off easily. There was not enough room to maneuver the shock out from between the swing arm and the exhaust canister with the swing arm in the lowered position it was in so I lifted the back wheel way up into the wheel-well now that the shock was not attached. ?I chocked the wheel in that position and the old shock nearly fell out. The upper "U" bracket that holds the top of the OEM shock had to be opened up about .050" to fit the new shock's bushing but that was no biggie. So far so good. I then threaded the Fox's remote reservoir up through the hole and out through the left side between the sub-frame and the chain guard for final mounting behind the passenger peg. ?The shock itself followed and I tightened the upper bolt to the frame to hold it in place. I then cleaned and lubed all the bushings and needle bearings at all the pivot points in the lower section. ?All the places where bolts go through have bushings and when removed, there are needle bearings in the housings they reside in. The side plates went back on but in order to get the bolt into the pivot collar you have to let the rear wheel down to meet it. ?That too was no biggie and when I was convinced I tightened up all the bolts and had the reservoir mounted I re-composed the rest of the bike dropping nuts and washers into the frame as I went (is there any other way to do it?) ?:doh: and with the help of an inquisitive wife, set the rider sag to a little over and inch as a starting point. If my exhaust headers were in need of it, I would have painted them too but they weren't too bad. This was the LAZY boys way of installing a Fox shock. ?I can't say if the other makes would fit in as easy as the Fox but you can give it a try and report back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer veefer02 Posted October 12, 2003 Member Contributer Share Posted October 12, 2003 Can anyone recommend a preferred source for said Fox Twin Clicker rear shock for my '02 VTEC? I want to get the suspenders up to par before my wife and I make our trips next year. Thanks :wheel: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum CEO HispanicSlammer Posted October 12, 2003 Forum CEO Share Posted October 12, 2003 You have any pictures? Interesting I take it you had the tire off, so that you could raise the swing arm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer IntAceptor Posted October 13, 2003 Author Member Contributer Share Posted October 13, 2003 >>>>>You have any pictures? ?Interesting I take it you had the tire off, so that you could raise the swing arm? <<<<< Naw, I was going to take some pictures but once I got started, it felt so good, I just couldn't stop. I kept the wheel and tire on and raised the swing arm by lifting the whole affair far up into the wheel well then putting 2X4's under the tire to keep it chocked up. Remember, I had the shock completely disconnected when I did the lifting and when the swing arm hole that the shock went through was about horizontal or maybe a little higher, I was able to wiggle the shock out and get the other one in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RedDevil Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 I did almost exactly the same thing when I installed my Ohlins. Block of wood under rear tire, No dissassembly other than the shock mounts, pivot plates, and dogbone. Jim :beer: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer dukeracr Posted June 25, 2005 Member Contributer Share Posted June 25, 2005 <font color='#000000'>I did almost exactly the same thing when I installed my Ohlins. Block of wood under rear tire, No dissassembly other than the shock mounts, pivot plates, and dogbone.Jim :huh:</font> <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Didn't work for me just spent 3 hrs on it only to find the Cat stops the shock from slipping out. Am I right in saying you have a Catless VFR? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stinkbait Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 Didn't work for me just spent 3 hrs on it only to find the Cat stops the shock from slipping out. Am I right in saying you have a Catless VFR? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You shouldn't have to remove the exhaust. I bet your top shock bracket it not pivoting. Try removing the top shock mounting nut (under the tank) and let the shock slip down, then find a way to pivot the upper shock mount. Should fall on the floor after you do this. I have the same year as yours and this worked for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer dukeracr Posted June 27, 2005 Member Contributer Share Posted June 27, 2005 You shouldn't have to remove the exhaust. I bet your top shock bracket it not pivoting. Try removing the top shock mounting nut (under the tank) and let the shock slip down, then find a way to pivot the upper shock mount. Should fall on the floor after you do this. I have the same year as yours and this worked for me. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I removed the rear wheel and had the swingarm lifted as far as it would go, it seemed as if the bottom of the shock could by no means clear the Cat. Does yours have the Cat? Is it a 2000/2001 model. Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer dukeracr Posted July 2, 2005 Member Contributer Share Posted July 2, 2005 I dunno why it didn't work the first time but, followed the same instructions as above with a buddy, first, before removing plastics, and out it came. Oh we did remove the U shaped bracket first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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