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Rear shock misaligned... (not)
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Ben70 Offline
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Rear shock misaligned... (not)
Had my seat off today and when I put it back on I noticed from above that the left shock mount stuck out more than the right. I assumed I had the seat on wrong, so I pulled it back off and carefully centered it between the shocks, but then it wouldn't latch! I discovered that when I got it to latch, it centered with the rails for the rack, but the shocks were "off".
About twenty seconds of dismay ensued before I realized the shock mount on the left is about 1/2' inch longer than the one on the right from the factory.
Panic rapidly subsided, along with happiness that I had uncovered the reason I corner better to the right than left. Just kidding. Welcome to my occasionally befuddled world. Blush

Ben
PS Had a great short ride in the hills, nice to have smoke free skies after last weeks brief rain.

10-22-2017 05:23 PM
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The ferret Online
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RE: Rear shock misaligned... (not)
Others have been befuddled by that as well. People just love to think there is something terribly wrong with their bikes for some reason lol

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10-22-2017 05:31 PM
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PowerDubs Offline
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Rear shock misaligned... (not)
Totally going to look at my bike tomorrow. Surprised I never noticed this as I take the seat off all the time as well as having replaced the shocks and tear blinkers....


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10-22-2017 06:32 PM
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The ferret Online
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RE: Rear shock misaligned... (not)
I think we determined it's due to the chain and sprockets on the left side of the bike.

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10-22-2017 06:44 PM
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jdvalero Offline
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RE: Rear shock misaligned... (not)
(10-22-2017 06:32 PM)PowerDubs Wrote:  Totally going to look at my bike tomorrow. Surprised I never noticed this as I take the seat off all the time as well as having replaced the shocks and tear blinkers....


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I looked!

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10-24-2017 07:11 AM
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