Shock removal but turned into a "proper questions debate" thread.

[Hoosier_Daddy]

so i can clean up the shock and get the spring powder coated, Without it going off in my face preferably.

[JohnR.]

On what????

[Erics350x]

leave it mounted on the bike and remove the line after releasing any pressure, then loosen the big nuts on top with a spanner wrench

[3Razors]

You dont have to remove the line or release any pressure. Just loosen the spanner nuts all the way which will allow the spring to slide up. Then remove the base plate on the bottom and the spring will slide right off.

[Hoosier_Daddy]

The spring won't have any stored energy when I unscrew the last ring the spring won't go flying off?

On what????

350x

[250RNUT]

NO you will be able to loosen the spanner nuts all the way

[racerxxx]

Hoosier,

Seriously---- Read your manual, section 13-4 tells you how to do it. Not to sound too much like a dick but are you that lazy?? I don't even own a 350X and yet I'll go to http://www.oscarmayer.net/atc/manual...ice_Manual.pdf

And open it up, scroll thru, find what YOUR asking for, then post a reply for you, really dude come on just read it a bit. I have the manuals for my trikes and if I have a ?? I'll look for it in the manual, then figure it out. Then if I'm stumped I may start a thread or shoot a PM to someone.

Please just try your manual first.

Oh yeah and big thanks to OSCARMAYER for hosting the manuals for all of us and the same to whom else hosts them as well!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks,

Racerxxx

[3Razors]

The spring won't have any stored energy when I unscrew the last ring the spring won't go flying off?



350x

No it wont go flying off. That is why there are lots of threads on the shock body.

Also I agree with Racerxxx, read the manual..it will give you the info. needed because it is a step by step repair book for the 350X....something this forum is not.

[Hoosier_Daddy]

Hoosier,

Seriously---- Read your manual, section 13-4 tells you how to do it. Not to sound too much like a dick but are you that lazy?? I don't even own a 350X and yet I'll go to http://www.oscarmayer.net/atc/manual...ice_Manual.pdf

And open it up, scroll thru, find what YOUR asking for, then post a reply for you, really dude come on just read it a bit. I have the manuals for my trikes and if I have a ?? I'll look for it in the manual, then figure it out. Then if I'm stumped I may start a thread or shoot a PM to someone.

Please just try your manual first.

Oh yeah and big thanks to OSCARMAYER for hosting the manuals for all of us and the same to whom else hosts them as well!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks,

Racerxxx

Hear is some food for thought. I DO read my manual. Do i come here and ask every question that could be covered by the manual? Absolutely not. If I don't undertsnad what the manual is saying, I come here and ask for experienced advice.

Some of you need to keep in mind that those manuals are made for mechanics that have training and sometimes the manual doesn't go into detail about what kind of injury may happen if you do it wrong. It simply states how to do the job with the fact in mind that mechanics are trained to know the proper way to do it SAFELY. The manual shows HOW to do it, but not always the safety aspects. Anyone who doesn't have a degree in mechanics/or extensive experience in the field and blindly follows the manual with no reguard to safety is asking for trouble.

I don't care what the manual says, there is no way i was going to just release a shock spring with that much pressure before i found out first what the safety ramifications are.

And yes, i do ask a lot of questions. Sometimes the manual is not explicit in its explanation or the diagrams are shady at best so i come looking for advice. I would appreciate in the future people not make a judgment about a person they know nothing about and the way they go about things. I have a manual for a reason. i use it. I don't always understand it. And tearing into Honda 4 strokes are new to me so i need a little extra guidance.


One last thing, this is a message board designed to help people with their trikes. this forum spacifically is exactly for general maintenance. If people can't come here and get mechanical advice without being scalded, what do we do? Leave and go to ORG? Start a new site that is more friendly? I bring this up because i have seen many other members who have been around a while tear into guys who are fairly new for asking question that this forum is SUPPOSED to help them with.

Not talking about you racerxxx but there are some real arrogant jerks around here who treat people like they are below them because they are new and trying to learn. That is not the way to keep a forum healthy. And contrary to the belief of a lot of older boardies on here, posting about things, and NOT holding back from posting about things feeds forums and keeps them going. If you only have a certain amount of thread and tell everyone to do a search, you have a dying forum. That is the last thing 3 wheeler enthusiasts need right now.

[ThinktwiceZ71]

/\...well put Hoosier....the only dumb question is the one you don't ask.

[Hoosier_Daddy]

/\...well put Hoosier....the only dumb question is the one you don't ask.

Thank you. Some of the old timers need to remember that they were noobs at one time asking lots of questions and after learning the answers, they passed down the knowledge to the newer ones who in turn continue to pass it down. That is the way it is supposed to work. Unfortunately, that is lost all to often around here.



There are a lot od good guys like Scooterroo, Dirtcrasher plus many more etc the list goes on, but there are a lot of jerks who act like it breaks thier fingers to type an answer on a keyboard to help out.

p.s. racerxxx you have been a lot of help and i'm not mad at you nor am i directing anything at you. i'm just venting a bit.

[The Goat]

were you the one I talked to in the middle of the night when I was in...michigan? lol. or was it gag halfront?

I can never differentiate between you two. I have no idea why...

[Hoosier_Daddy]

were you the one I talked to in the middle of the night when I was in...michigan? lol. or was it gag halfront?

I can never differentiate between you two. I have no idea why...

haha must have been gag

[3Razors]

Its all good Hoosier. I can understand your concern for safety. For future reference if there is a safety concern while performing a repair in the manual Honda or Clymer always will make a note of it on the same page.

[DeePa]

you shouldnt even need a manual to take a spring off of a rear shock...