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XT500 shock absorber

Rear Shock Absorbers

I used the OEM rear shock absorbers and springs from the 1U6 doner bike as the ones I had were Hagon. They were rusty as hell but serviceable so the first thing was to dismantle them. One of the tools I don’t have and didn’t buy is a spring compressor. So I used a home made option. First you need to make sure the shocks are adjusted to the lower position. It was much easier dismantling them this way than […]