[FCLinder]

Ok, I am trying to change out my stock 500 spring to a 450 spring on my Fox DHX 5.0. The problem I am running into is the spring will not slide over the pressed in bushing on the shock. I have tried to used a hammer and my big vice to push it through but it will not budge at all. I have removed them with no problems in the past on Fox DHXs but this one will not move. The bike is an 07 Giant Glory.

Any thoughts?

 

[Salami]

Any thoughts?

Get a bigger hammer.

 

[Slacker]

Pg 14 http://www.foxracingshox.com/fox_tech_center/owners_manuals/06_RearShock_en.pdf

 

[S.K.C.]

yikes... could have been a bad idea - the hammer that is.

If your DHX is an OEM piece that means the bushings are 2 seperate pieces or halves - NOT a pin axle set up like you would find on, say, a Swinger.

Each bushing has a large outer diameter - this is what you see on the outside of the shock eyelet - but there is also a smaller inner diameter sleeve that feeds halfway inside the eyelet to meet the other bushing.

If you hammer on one side all you are doing is pushing the outer diameter against the shock eyelet... and possibly doing unspeakable things to the end of piston shaft and God knows what else.

You need a removal tool - check the link above - everything should be there.

 

[Salami]

Pg 14 http://www.foxracingshox.com/fox_tech_center/owners_manuals/06_RearShock_en.pdf

Still gonna need a bigger hammer.

The link tells says the the reducer needs to be removed but doesn't say how.

Cecil post a picture of the end of the shock so we can se what the reducers look like.

 

[FCLinder]

Here you go.

 

[Slacker]

http://www.ctsmtb.com/bushingtool.cfm

or you could try to ghetto it out

 

[Jeremy R]

Just get fatter.

 

[Slacker]

Just get fatter.

Right-on... I like!

Hey, a couple extra cheese burgers, xtra large fries and large chocolate shake never killed no one





.... did it

 

[Lex]

Here you go.

The shock pins on my BB7 were pressed in like that as well. I was easily able to get them out with a combination of different sockets and a vice with soft jaws.

 

[Dogboy]

Hard to tell from the pic, but if it's a stainless pin pressed in the eyelet, a socket is a good idea. Just slip a socket that is slightly bigger than the pin and deep enough to let the pin press down inside the socket. Use a bolt (shock bolt may work) through the pin and socket, with a washer and nut on the socket end. As you tighten it, the pin will press out of the eyelet and into the socket.

 

[FCLinder]

Hard to tell from the pic, but if it's a stainless pin pressed in the eyelet, a socket is a good idea. Just slip a socket that is slightly bigger than the pin and deep enough to let the pin press down inside the socket. Use a bolt (shock bolt may work) through the pin and socket, with a washer and nut on the socket end. As you tighten it, the pin will press out of the eyelet and into the socket.

Yep, its a stainless pin. I will call Fox today and see what they say. I maybe trying you way too.

Thanks