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2006 suspension refresh on a budget (with a twist!!)
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<blockquote data-quote="ERS" data-source="post: 1437932" data-attributes="member: 28457"><p>There's been a lot of posts lately on relay arm maintenance and I'd thought I'd add this.</p><p></p><p>I have a 2006 A model with approx 100,000km. I bought it in April 2012 with approx 30k or 18,000 miles on it. I have lubed the accessable bearings on the relay arm at around 35,000km. Last year I noticed oil leakage on my rear shock and it was always soft even set on the Hard setting. Also I had a lot of fork compression when braking and the bike just felt loosey on curves. Anyway I'm not riding as much or as far as I used too so I wanted to do a suspension refresh without spending mega bucks. I found a lightly used Gen 3 shock from a member here at a very reasonable cost, Picked up some Sonic springs 1.1 kg/cm and removed the center stand. and relay arm etc. When removing the center stand 1 of the 2 bolts usually needing to be cut due to the exhaust location was in right with the nut on the outside. The other was in the stock way. Imagine my surprise when the bolt that had been changed was a banjo bolt!, Had holes for brake fluid. When I bought the bike it had lowering links and the previous owner gave me the originals which I reinstalled, but none of that work required the center stand removed. Mystery. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, the relay arm needed the center 2 bearings, seals and spacer replaced, the other bearings are good. Removing those bearings was an education, I had to make a tool from a concrete expansion anchor to push them out. I had no mechanic friends with a blind puller set.</p><p></p><p>So, Waiting for these parts and will report on how it all works out.</p><p></p><p>Thanks to juniorFJR for the shock, he was easy to work with and the shock looks like new compared to mine. Can't wait to get on the road.</p><p></p><p>Rick </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ERS, post: 1437932, member: 28457"] There's been a lot of posts lately on relay arm maintenance and I'd thought I'd add this. I have a 2006 A model with approx 100,000km. I bought it in April 2012 with approx 30k or 18,000 miles on it. I have lubed the accessable bearings on the relay arm at around 35,000km. Last year I noticed oil leakage on my rear shock and it was always soft even set on the Hard setting. Also I had a lot of fork compression when braking and the bike just felt loosey on curves. Anyway I'm not riding as much or as far as I used too so I wanted to do a suspension refresh without spending mega bucks. I found a lightly used Gen 3 shock from a member here at a very reasonable cost, Picked up some Sonic springs 1.1 kg/cm and removed the center stand. and relay arm etc. When removing the center stand 1 of the 2 bolts usually needing to be cut due to the exhaust location was in right with the nut on the outside. The other was in the stock way. Imagine my surprise when the bolt that had been changed was a banjo bolt!, Had holes for brake fluid. When I bought the bike it had lowering links and the previous owner gave me the originals which I reinstalled, but none of that work required the center stand removed. Mystery. Anyway, the relay arm needed the center 2 bearings, seals and spacer replaced, the other bearings are good. Removing those bearings was an education, I had to make a tool from a concrete expansion anchor to push them out. I had no mechanic friends with a blind puller set. So, Waiting for these parts and will report on how it all works out. Thanks to juniorFJR for the shock, he was easy to work with and the shock looks like new compared to mine. Can't wait to get on the road. Rick [/QUOTE]
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