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Replaced Gen II shock with a Gen III shock
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<blockquote data-quote="Fred W" data-source="post: 1304323" data-attributes="member: 3828"><p>Just to be clear, Partshark is a different outfit than Partzilla. Partzilla is the same outfit as Boats.com. Partshark is not related to them.</p><p></p><p></p><p>No. The 2016 OEM shock is still an OEM shock. It has a single damping adjuster on the bottom of the shock that primarily adjusts the rebound damping, but may also affect the compression damping somewhat. There is a soft/hard lever to lock out the soft section of the spring for heavier loads (full stroke of the shock will be at the higher spring rate) and there is no preload adjuster.</p><p></p><p>An aftermarket shock (Ohlins or Penske) will have separate adjusters for the compression and rebound damping, poossibly even 4 adjuster for fast and slow / compression and rebound, depending on which model you get. THey all have at least a mechanical preload adjustment, some have a remote preload adjustment. No question that the aftermarket shock is a better shock.</p><p></p><p>The Gen 3 shocks up to 2015 will fit any model year prior. Nobody has confirmed that the 2016 shock will or will not fit too, but most likely it will since they really did not do anything with the A model swingarm or suspension linkages between 2015 and 2016.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fred W, post: 1304323, member: 3828"] Just to be clear, Partshark is a different outfit than Partzilla. Partzilla is the same outfit as Boats.com. Partshark is not related to them. No. The 2016 OEM shock is still an OEM shock. It has a single damping adjuster on the bottom of the shock that primarily adjusts the rebound damping, but may also affect the compression damping somewhat. There is a soft/hard lever to lock out the soft section of the spring for heavier loads (full stroke of the shock will be at the higher spring rate) and there is no preload adjuster. An aftermarket shock (Ohlins or Penske) will have separate adjusters for the compression and rebound damping, poossibly even 4 adjuster for fast and slow / compression and rebound, depending on which model you get. THey all have at least a mechanical preload adjustment, some have a remote preload adjustment. No question that the aftermarket shock is a better shock. The Gen 3 shocks up to 2015 will fit any model year prior. Nobody has confirmed that the 2016 shock will or will not fit too, but most likely it will since they really did not do anything with the A model swingarm or suspension linkages between 2015 and 2016. [/QUOTE]
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