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zx6r shock change oil and install prosedure


kdimitris

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All settings are @ full clockwise and i’ ll start with sag next couple days.
 
That should be quite a harsh un-enjoyable ride, the settings are fully closed, maximum damping.
 
 
Maybe open it 1/3 for starters.  Count the number of clicks from full open to full closed and for example, if you have 15 clicks, back it off 5 clicks from fully closed. 
 
You can always add or subtract more damping but fully closed will feel terrible.
 

 
My fault, i meant counter clockwise....
??
 
All ready start to raise dampening!!!
First feel is good but...
cause i’ m a weird guy, i want to make shock shorter @ 330mm eye to eye.
More shock length gave rear wheel 2,5cm.
So the chassis is not at the proper position for me.
 
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After a couple weeks, trying to find best set up, i decide to take the shock
off of the bike to make it shorter to 330mm, to have the rear wheel
at the height it was before.
So, today was the time.
OEM shock is back now but, when i remove the showa i saw some sigh of wear
at the engine with the top of the nitrogen tank. Nothing serious but.
To be continued...
 
 
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Im still going ahead with mine, see what happens.
What did you find to be the problem with the shock adjustments?
The thread I have read for the fitment of the shock, calls for a 'MM or two' to be removed from the tank face.
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Im still going ahead with mine, see what happens. What did you find to be the problem with the shock adjustments?
The thread I have read for the fitment of the shock, calls for a 'MM or two' to be removed from the tank face.
 
I find that the shock works better than the stock shock but, for better damping must go for revalving. Also, about the material from the tank, i all ready remove that but still have a touch with the engine (if you zoom in the pic, you’ ll see).
 
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  • 2 years later...
On 8/15/2018 at 10:49 PM, kdimitris said:

So, after some time, i was here to share with all of you, the procedure with pics swapping the OEM shock with
 
the zx6r 08 from showa.
 
Well i' ll start from disassembly the shock, even though I was thinking of going to someone specialist,
i deside to do it alone.
So i find something living in the shaft that i think you don't find them often. A spring behind the seal head!!!
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Took off to inspect and clean the high and low speed dumping knobs 
 
 
 
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Found some wear @ the rubber lives in the nitrogen tank, but can be reusable. It just does not have a polished surface.  
 
 
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This happen due to the sharp surface inside the tank.
I' m thinking to make the surface smoother by rubbing it with sandpaper.
 
 
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I found in the garage a bottle of Torco fork oil, I had used about a year ago.
What's left is enough for the shock but I think it's heavy for the "showa' s stomach".
 
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So i deside to byu and use a 10 or 7 grade not 15 i all ready have.
 
Sorry for my language...
I'll be bask soon with news!!! 
 
 

Hi
did you manage to pour oil into the shock absorber and get all the air out of it?
thank you

 

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