need help to adjust shocks
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need help to adjust shocks
I need a bit of help. I'm trying to adjust the preload on the shocks on a 06 bruin 350 4x4. The spanner wrench available at dealer doesnt fit atv shocks. It had two sizes one way to big the other almost fits but cant get into a notch to adjust. Has anybody tried to adjust preload on their atvs? If so what type of spanner wrench fits?? Where can I get one?? I 've been trying to locate one with no sucsess. I really dont want to do the screwdriver - hammer thing. This would be fine for adjusting once, but I want to be able to adjust more than once. Thanks in advance, Bill
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need help to adjust shocks
it is the peg, with 5 notched positions, the quad didnt come with any kind of wrench to adjust, and when we looked for a "geniune" yamaha part none exsisted. So the riddle is do you just come up with your own idea on adjusting, hammer / big pair slip pliers...etc. or a tool that actually fits!!
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need help to adjust shocks
That's what the stock front shocks on my warrior were like. Here's the best way I found to adjust them, and it worked very well for as simple as it is. First I jacked the front end of the quad up so the front tires were off the ground (i always used an old computer that was sitting in my garage). Then I just used a pair of channel lock pliers, but not on the knurled part where the spanner wrench is suppoed to go. I used them on the smooth part of the preload collar, and they turned surprisingly easy that way. Lifting the front end seems to help a lot by removing the weight from the springs.
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need help to adjust shocks
Found my "spanner" wrench in my tool box. More widely known as a pipe wrench. Works great and ya don't chance slippin and strippin the collar like you would with channel locks or vice grips. In fact I carry it along with my other tools when I ride just in case riding conditions change enough I can stiffen or soften my suspension right there on the trail in a few minutes... Piece of cake.
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