Flipping the linkage isnt recommended. On a 2002 you cant flip the linkage due to the different design. I put works pro series on my Raptor and it lowers it and has way better suspension feel. The works shocks are less money than tcs and are plenty good. The pro series models are ride height adjustable and no preload. They work great plus it saved me a few hundred bucks.

 

Get the shocks if you are running MX... the flipped linkage causes way too much rebound no matter how you set it, While the Durablue rear lowering kit will work ok... if you use the front lowering kit, you will bottom out the frame on any little rut. I went w the TCS shocks and it lowered the rear about 2 inches and set the fron lower by about 2 inches as well. Since the shocks have no preload, you will actually gain wheel travel.

 

<< I don't know what the deal is with the lock-nuts coming loose. I've been running mine for a while now and I never had a problem. Are you guys sure your C-clip is in there and the lock-screw on the nut is tight? The lock nut should tighten all the way up to the c-clip and then tighten your lock-screw. The only way I can see it coming loose is if you are not spinning your lock nut to expand and put pressure against the c-clip. >>


you have a 02 raptor thats why your axle nut don't come loose because you have lock nuts on them, on 01 raptor they have normal nuts so the will work their way loose.

 

<< you have a 02 raptor thats why your axle nut don't come loose because you have lock nuts on them, on 01 raptor they have normal nuts so the will work their way loose. >>


DuraBlue's axle for the '01 and '02 raptors are the same. My reply was for this post:


<< My special &quot;Locknut&quot; On my durablue axle keeps coming loose. After I ride, I can turn the entire essembly with my hand. Any suggestions on tightening it? Ohh yea, and I don't know if the axle is backwards or not, the splines were the same on both sides, I think . . ? >>