At 185lbs you'll be looking to go up a rate or two front and rear. Probably something along the lines of .46 and 5.6.
The 35mm static on the shock is good, but you might find that you'll be running a bit more race sag than ideal. The newer chasis prefers around 95-105mm race sag. At 175lbs on the stock spring I've got around 25/98 static/race with more preload than I would like. I'll be moving to a 5.4 rate spring next service. Forks I'm using .44kg/mm and get around 30-35mm static, and 55-60mm race sag. I have revalved these as well.
First things first, get some springs, fresh fluid, and a good bleed and evaluate from there.
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