AC500 SHOCK TROUBLE
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AC500 SHOCK TROUBLE
yes it hapens to all of them. and yes the dealer should warrenty it they did it to mine. There fix for not having it happen again though was to lift the machine off the ground and take all weight off the shocks, then adjust. would love to see someone make a billet aluminium.
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AC500 SHOCK TROUBLE
The adjusters are crap. They are made of cast aluminum. The stops they ride on are steel. The stops tend to wear into the adjuster over time and can make it difficult to adjust unless you compress the spring. I tore one of my front ones up trying to get it to move, even with all the weight off the wheel. The dealer I bought it from replaced it under warranty.
I bought a steel spanner that connects to a 3/8's drive ratchet. Works much better.
I bought a steel spanner that connects to a 3/8's drive ratchet. Works much better.
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AC500 SHOCK TROUBLE
The same thing happened to me this past weekend. I bought my 04 400i last month and I had turned up the rear shocks shortly after, but I built a bumper for the front and I was going to turn up the front shocks. The first one went OK, I tried the second one, SNAP, the wrench broke. Then I tried a pipe wrench and a tab broke off. Next I made a wrench out of steel plate and broke 2 more tabs with it. Jacked the front end off the ground and it adjusted. I probablv wont adjust them again, but who knows???
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AC500 SHOCK TROUBLE
I found part numbers for the wrench (0441-587) $3.91 and the adjusting cam (0403-102) $4.88 at Alpha Sports.com. To replace the cam, compress the spring and slide the top retainer ring off, slide the spring off, and slide the cam off.