I've heard alot about the 2001 raptor shock fitting the 300ex, because it has a remote rezzy and not a bulky shock-mounted one. I found one, for a reasonable price, and need somebody to TELL me that this mod works. Im prepared for a little cutting and jabbing, but no shock mount rearrangement. I'm a capable MIG-welder-weilding fabricator, but I'd rather not... not on my baby.

 

Absolutely no cutting or adapting is needed, it is a direct bolt in, the only thing you will need is to get a longer rezzy line so you can mount it securely to the frame. I ended up with about a 14 or 16 inch line, and routed it to the right side and clamped it to the frame under the muffler, very solid mount, and still easy to get at the click adjuster. Since you loose the charge taking the hose off, it's a good time to get it looked at or rebuilt, so you don't have problems later.

 

Cool. I don't know what adjusters the shock has. Does it have compression/rebound? I know it has preload, but is it threaded or click?

 

The Raptor shock is a threaded top adjustment with click adjustments on the resivoir. Other than the hose, there are no adaptors to worry about, just bolt it in, set the preload, dial in the rezz clicker, and go riding. If you're on a budget, a Warrior shock would work, not as good as a Raptor shock, but still better than the stock 300ex set up.

 

Ok one more time please A raptor rear shock will bolt in a 300ex all I have to do is get a longer supply to mount the resivoir to the frame? I found a raptor 660 rear shock cheap ,will it work?[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/img]

 

Just make sure it is a 2001 Raptor rear shock, that was the only year they came with a res. on a hose, the others have an attached res, those will NOT work, not enough room it to fit by the air box.

 

Thank you

 

I bought a 2001 Raptor rear shock off Ebay a couple of weeks ago and was finally able to install it yesterday. It does bolt right up with absolutely no problems. I was able to mount the rezz off to the left side of the frame without getting a longer hose installed (high enough to stay clear of the chain). The downside to my installation was that the click adjustments are a bit hard to get to without taking the rezz off the frame. So if you are going to get the shock rebuilt anyway, it may be better to get a longer hose put on at the same time. I'm going to do some test riding as-is before I invest any additional money, as the shock seems to be in good working order.

Now for my question - can anyone tell me how the adjustments work on this shock? There is a hex-head nut with a small screw in the middle of it on the rezz, which I assume are the shock adjustments. How do adjustments on these translate into increases/decreases in compression and rebound? I understand the preload part, but this is my first fully adjustable shock.

Thanks for the help!

 

The rebound is controlled by the small screw in the base of the shock, if you look near the bottom opposite the res. end, you will see it, it will control how fast the shock comes up after you compress it. To be completely honest, the screw on the res is not clear to me, either it is a charge port, or compression adjustment, along with the spring. Sorry I can't be more help.