sachs shock rebound prob
G'day ,
Today I road a great little track which had just about everything, sand, hardpack, creeks , very tight single trail etc etc . I was playing around with the forks and shock and had it about right . I just did a slight adjustment on the fork and shock and did a quick lap and a half when the bike went weird. Rear shock started to act like a pogo, no rebound damping. Played around when the lap was finished and could not get the rebound damping to work, even to the extreme of fully in(still pogoing). Had a rest and a drink and got talking about suspension and a mate told me to ride his crf 450 with suspension done by a certain tuer who does a lot of pros gear. Got back after a lap and went to get back on mine and it wa shard as a rock. Adjusted it back and got it reasonable for the last half of the day but was just wondering what the deal was? Anyone had a similar problem with a standard sachs shock? Cheers Mark:confused: |
It sounds like the second problem here
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I thought I had read about it not long ago.Cheers Noobi.
So what is the deal and who do I contact as the shock has just been serviced? Thanks in advance, Mark |
If it was me, firstly I would take it on another unimportant ride and check if it does it again to maybe confirm the problem like on the website then I would get in contact with Les at LTR and ask if you can buy the part. He is on here under the name LT-Race (I think), or just email LTR
But thats just me |
This was the second time .
I rode it at the same place a few weeks ago and the same thing occurred. I'll give Les a call or an email. Thanks for the help mate, Mark |
My Sachs shock blew apart at 50 hours (07 EC250). The circlip that holds the seal and everything else in was driven outwards on rebound.
I took it back to the dealer as the bike was still under warrenty - they said there is a known fault with these shocks, they loose damping, and they suspected this blowout was a result of that. They fitted what was described as a "special rebuild kit" with a beefed up seal and maybe a bladder as well but I'm not 100% sure about that. Anyway, the main point is that it is a know fault and there is a known remedy. So far it seems to be OK - I'm at about 100 hours now. |
Spoke to Les and he has sorted it out.
Very helpful.As you say it is to do with the seal etc and is a known fault. Should have it sorted very soon. Thanks again must go to Les. People like him make it a pleasure to own a Gas gas and be part of the gas gas family. Cheers Mark:) |
That's great news. Did he happen to say what the fault is, and what the fix is?
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There is a problem with the seal in this type of shock. He has a replacement that fixes the problem.
Cheers Mark |
I had this problem this weekend, what should I do?:eek:
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