Re: [ST] chain guide needed - quick!

[Blake Sobiloff <sobiloff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bil Swartz wrote:
> I don't think the shock is blown Blake, or I'd have been able to sack it
> out by pulling down on the tail while someone else was sitting on it,
> dontcha think?

IMHO, no. In a static situation (like you described) the shock doesn't 
really play a part. You and your buddy were just trying to compress the 
spring.

The shock works to minimize the amount of oscillation in the spring as 
road forces are transmitted through the rear swingarm. If the shock 
isn't doing its job, there's nothing to slow the momentum of the spring 
being compressed (or expanded), and your overall range of suspension 
travel will be longer than desired (a/k/a bouncy, wallowy ride).

Not to say that your shock's really blown, though. I'd bet your 
eccentric's probably adjusted the wrong way.
- -- 
Blake Sobiloff <sobiloff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Burlingame, CA, USA

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