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8420 technic Bike... new shock part....flaw or new feature?
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lugnet.technic
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Tue, 5 Jul 2005 06:37:05 GMT
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Greetings and Salutations!
Having recently purchased two of these 8420 sets for the new wheels and the new
tension adjustable shocks, I was checking out the travel and adjustable spring
tension when I noticed the shock locking into a half extended position. I
further experimented with said shock, observing both shocks behaved the same
way,that if I compressed the shock fully it then locked into the half extended
return, then, fully compressing the shock again, it changed to full extended
mode. If I did not fully compress the shock it stayed in either the half
extended mode or the full extension mode. These occurs wether the shock is in
high tension setting or low tension setting. Full compression seems to be the
trigger for the extension change.
It appears we could create a shock mounting system that doesn't allow the
shock to fully compress, thus keeping it in half extension mode, say for a low
rider car/low slung motorcycle frame or to keep it in a full extension mode for
a high clearance off road truck/car or motorcross bike style with more travel.
The instructions "sorta" indicate this setting but it's unclear as they are
also showing the tension adjustment. In my test the tension setting does not
change the extension mode.
So.. My question is this... does this give us a new nifty shock that will allow
us to configure it for different applications or is this a flaw in the design?
Just thought I would ask for input before I called Shop@home for replacements
if, in fact, they are "supposed" the behave this way
Thanks!!
John
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