Well I got the rear one on today and that was enough. I'm still nursing my back after a slipped disc.
One thing for certain is that I'm not going to be able to tell very much about the shock for a while. I knew the shock lower bearing was NFG at the linkage, so I had one ready. However with the shock disconnected I could feel that the front linkage bearing had gone too. That one involves far more work as far as I can see. I've left the whole lot to do when my back improves Barry Edwards ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 7:00 PM Subject: Re: Fw: Fournales for Yamaha GTS1000 > I wish you well. Just sharing previous experience of former attempts by > various manufacturers to do the same thing. None of them happen to be doing > it any more. Fox Air shox comes to mind right off. Another example would be > how the forks (antiquated front suspension and steering devices) used to use > compressed air as the spring or spring assist. Fork manufacturers got away > from that practice and actually started going the other way to providing a > way to bleed of the pressurized air. Nowadays, on those dinosaurs that still > use forks, they use the free air space as a tuning tool. It is becoming > increasingly common for manufacturers to quote fork oil levels when > discussing the correct amount of oil in the fork. If a person wants to > stiffen the forks, they can add 5mm or 10 mm fork oil level. Again, they are > controlling the free air space above the fluid, the actual volume of fluid > being increased is not the deciding factor. > RSRBOB
