Showa rear shock

[Burbage]

I have just acquired an adjustable Showa rear shock for the NC30. Anyone know how to get the spring off it?

Thanks

[CMSMJ1]

You need a spring compressor or some brute force and ratchet straps....
it can be done, but I'd take it to someone welse and get them to do it if I didn't have the tools

[Drunkn Munky]

+1 on that ^. without the right tools your end up throwing it out the garage after smashing your knuckles to bits

[Burbage]

Thanks for the reply, I have now got the spring off it, no dramas, just needed a bit of care .

I thought it had adjustable damping but no, it has a remote adjuster for the preload on the spring, anyone had any experience of one of these? Are they reliable, I do not want to find the preload sagging after a week!

The bad news is the damper is knackered, who's best for showa damper rebuilds?

I am guessing it is a VFR suspension unit, the only id. on it is "MLO 003", does that mean anything to anyone?

[Neosophist]

Thanks for the reply, I have now got the spring off it, no dramas, just needed a bit of care .

I thought it had adjustable damping but no, it has a remote adjuster for the preload on the spring, anyone had any experience of one of these? Are they reliable, I do not want to find the preload sagging after a week!

The bad news is the damper is knackered, who's best for showa damper rebuilds?

I am guessing it is a VFR suspension unit, the only id. on it is "MLO 003", does that mean anything to anyone?

It does

It's for a VFR400R NC21/NC24

ML0 is the honda PCN for the NC21/24 VFR400R

http://www.vsource.org/VFR-RVF_files/BHondaPCNs.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

List of PCN's there if you want to know different PCN's :)

NC30 specific stuff is MR8

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Honda-NC24-NC-24- ... 5ad1d648ca" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Same as that yea?

It's a decent shock, the preload adjustment works well.

[Burbage]

It does

It's for a VFR400R NC21/NC24

ML0 is the honda PCN for the NC21/24 VFR400R

http://www.vsource.org/VFR-RVF_files/BHondaPCNs.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

List of PCN's there if you want to know different PCN's :)

NC30 specific stuff is MR8

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Honda-NC24-NC-24-" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... 5ad1d648ca

Same as that yea?

It's a decent shock, the preload adjustment works well

Thanks for the reply. Yes it is one of those and I paid alot less

I am now not too sure what to do with it, I like the idea of the remote preload adjustment, I might try to adapt it to fit the standard shock.

[Neosophist]

It does

It's for a VFR400R NC21/NC24

ML0 is the honda PCN for the NC21/24 VFR400R

http://www.vsource.org/VFR-RVF_files/BHondaPCNs.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

List of PCN's there if you want to know different PCN's :)

NC30 specific stuff is MR8

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Honda-NC24-NC-24-" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... 5ad1d648ca

Same as that yea?

It's a decent shock, the preload adjustment works well

Thanks for the reply. Yes it is one of those and I paid alot less

I am now not too sure what to do with it, I like the idea of the remote preload adjustment, I might try to adapt it to fit the standard shock.

A lot of the VFR750/800's use a very similar shock... as per the one below.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Honda-VFR800-adju ... 5d26bd9bad" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

(even same adjuster handle )

Anyway.

It should just bolt in? try it? :)