suspension help

It's just me but I wouldnt trust it. Especially when a proper solution is as simple as getting the right parts.
 
Could you machine some high grade SS into something like this?

Or would you not get enough strength from it?
 

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It may be strong enough. I'm certainly no engineer. That said, it seems like its over complicating a simple problem. Plus, the eye is made to be mounted in line to the arm so it can pivot as the shock compresses. Chamge that and I can see undue stress cracking the mount.
 
The bottom one would still swivel. Fair point on the over complicating piece though. Probably best just to buy the currect shocks instead.
 
The bottom would swivel, but the forces on the eye would still be greater and in the wrong direction when the rear tire hits a bump and pushes up quickly.
 
Swap in a eye to eye yamaha swing arm thats close in length and run the shocks like god intended. There is no sense killing yourself over rusty shocks
 
bottom of the shock seems to be steel, and the top seems to be aluminium. so i can weld a new clevis onto it, now i need to just get a clevis made.
dont want to cut the old shock would like to sell the old shocks and kit im taking off the bike.

@VonYinzer i would sell the shocks but im in South Africa so the postal will be more than the shocks price, i got them shipped in my bag when i went there for work.
 
I think it is much easier to remove the lower shock mount from the swing arm and weld a pair of plates in its place to fit the lower shock eye. Framecrafters did that to my CB350 race bike. They also made the mount long enough to give me three holes so I could adjust my swingarm angle by moving the shock forward or back from the middle position.
 
ex119x said:
I think it is much easier to remove the lower shock mount from the swing arm and weld a pair of plates in its place to fit the lower shock eye. Framecrafters did that to my CB350 race bike. They also made the mount long enough to give me three holes so I could adjust my swingarm angle by moving the shock forward or back from the middle position.
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It would also give you a much wider selection of shock choices.
 
hi,

i got my welder to weld some new clevis onto the showa shocks, came out great so far, will take photos and upload them,

my next huge issues is, are these shocks serviceable? im struggling to find any info on them and parts,

any ideas?
 
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