Please tell me how you dialed in your rear shock.


DSWOLF.

 

Here is how I did mine: I got this from 3TV here on this forum awhile back:

Front race sag should be set at 3 1/2" with you seated on the quad. In other words, lift up on the front of the quad so that the suspension is fully extended, and measure from the ground to one of the front bumper bolts. Then sit on the quad, jump up and down, roll the quad back and forth, and make sure the suspension is settled to the height it will be at with you sitting on the quad in your normal riding position. Then have someone measure from the ground to the same bumper bolt; the measurement should be 3 1/2" less than the unloaded measurement.

Make the same adjustment for the rear suspension, except race sag should be set at 4" - 4 1/2".

Toe should be set at 1/8" toe out, with you seated on the quad. All of the above eliminated any twitchyness in the steering of my DS. Good luck.

 

That works for the sag. As far as the adjustable dampening goes, the best way is to put a screwdriver in your pocket and go for a ride. You'll feel it when the shock is too stiff on compression, and too loose, rebound is a little harder. You want the rebound to be loose enough to rebound on quick repeated hits, but not bounce back and hit you in the butt. Mine are set very loose, with just about 5 clicks, I think, from minimum.
With the rear shock dialed in it works pretty well, in vast contrast to the front shocks, which are crap. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-cool.gif[/img]

 

Fourlix, I'm going to Dumont Sat. for a couple hours of testing. I'm going to use your set up as a starting point and see what I can do. You have the compression or rebound set at 5 clicks? What about the other one.

 

Remember that the basic shock valving is only changed by rebuilding. The adjustments on all rezzies are a fine tuning that is in addition to the shocks regular valving, which is speed sensitive and more, and quite sophisticated. In contrast, the adjustments you make at the rezzy and the shock base control fluid to and from the rezzy in a very simple incremental way. So the very best setup is for the shocks to be just a little light, dampening wise, both compression and rebound, so the rezzy adjustments can add just that little bit to make them dead-on.
.....That's why I think the DS rear shock is pretty decent. My butt tells me 5 clicks compression and rebound is a good place to start....[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-cool.gif[/img]

 

Fourlix, so did you turn the shock base rebound adjustment adjuster all the way out ,counter-clockwise and then clockwise 5 clicks? Or am I even close? Same on the compression dampning adjuster on the rezzie? Sorry, I'm just curious again and I don't know what the stock rear shock settings are.

Tanks....

 

Buttfungus, yes that is what he did. I think I settled at about 7 or8 on each.

 

VEGAS650, Thanks man!