Rear shock disassembly?

[thekrnel]

Does anyone know how to disassemble the rear shocks (remove the springs) so I can clean and paint them?

 

[xschris]

You need to compress the spring and unscrew the top.

 

[levdir]

Can the strut be rebuilt relatively easily? I'm curious now.

 

[thekrnel]

How do you keep the rod from slipping?

 

[xschris]

Can the strut be rebuilt relatively easily? I'm curious now.

Nope they can't be rebuilt. It's cheaper to get new ones.

 

[xschris]

How do you keep the rod from slipping?

The nut on the rod is for that.

 

[drewpy]

The nut on the rod is for that.

while the nut doing the job, undoes it

 

[xschris]

It's funny that this question gets asked the same time I'am putting a set together

 

[bcware]

Impeccable timing.

 

[Greasey Fingers]

Look great chris how did you clean them up?

 

[xschris]

I soda blasted them.

 

[bcware]

Soda blasting kind of fixes everything.

 

[xschris]

It's cheap and easy

 

[thekrnel]

You forgot to mention about driving the tiny roll pin out first. Mine were corroded over so I didn't see them at first. I cleaned mine up with a wire wheel and then I painted the springs. Assembling them with out scratching them should be interesting!

 

[xschris]

Pin? Never saw any pins.

 

[bcware]

Chris don't need no stinking rolled pins.

The shocks may have changed over time though or they could have been OEM replicas.

 

[xschris]

Maybe. I have had three sets apart from a 78,79 and 80 models. None had them.

 

[bcware]

Maybe thekrnel's are aftermarket. Let me check something right quick...

Nope, no parts diagrams show an exploded shock, but even looking at the xs650 most just need to be compressed to facilitate removal.

 

[thekrnel]

There's really small roll pin in the upper cap about an inch down from the mounting hole. It goes through the upper cap and through the shock rod.

 

[xschris]

Yours maybe off another model. Or aftermarket. Any pics of this?