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This is probably a dumb question, but any help is appreciated. I'm mounting new shocks (NOS aftermarket ones) on my cb200. There is a small bit of play at the top shock mounts but I think I'll take the mickey mouse approach for that and just wrap the shock mounts with electrical tape to fill in the gap and then get a couple of rubber washers on either side of the eye mounts to take up side to side gap. I think that may be easier than trying to track down a bushing that fits just right.
The bottom clevis mount is harder...the mounting bolt is bigger than the original so I need to get new shock bushing for the swing arm. Is this something I'll have to fabricate myself? Don't know how easy that is given they have a metal insert.
Maybe I could just drill out the existing bushings in the swing arm while they are still installed and stick some new metal inserts in there? That sounds potentially easier than having to take the bushings out which I've heard is a bitch.
Hey man - funny I just did this last night. Are they Redwings?
I have a build thread in the Projects forum for my CL175 if youd liek to take a look
I used a piece of copper pipe (slid over the shockmount post) to eliminate play in the top eyelet and on the swingarm mount bushing, I removed the existing metal sleeve and drilled it wider. As long as you dont destroy the rubber bushing in your attempts to remove the sleeve, you can just grease up the sleeve after you modify it and press it back into the rubber. Worked like a charm for me.
Hey, thanks for the reply, I will check out your thread...They are Japanese cheapies branded "Assault" but I think they are like a cheaper branch of Redwing, at least that's what ebay said.
You have any idea what size bolt you used for the bottom mount? I'm guessing we use the same size.
Yeah, those are Redwings - got the same thing. I don't know about Jfish but I'm enough of a pack rat that I had some proper bolts laying around. I know it's metric (of course) and fine threads but after that I'm at a loss. Just be sure that the bolts you get are the right length or else the one by the sprocket will rub/catch on it.
Matter of fact I did. I drilled the sleeve out of the rubber. Just a little too eager to get them on I guess. But I've got all winter to get that straightened out - I needed to know how the rest of the bike was gonna sit on the shocks. Mine came with about 6 of those sleeves, all of which were useless.
- Got 10 x 1.25 x 35 bolts and matching washers for the bottom mount from Home Depot. The addition of the washer ends up giving you about the same bolt protrusion on the tire side as the stock bolt, which must be 32 or 33mm.
- To help with the play on the top mount, got a rubber grommet and sliced it in half with a razor blade. Put each half on the frame side of the top shock mounts. Got a thin rubber washer for the threaded side. Probably overkill but everything is nice and tight that way.
- Used a 5/8 drill to drill out the metal sleeves in the swing arm shock bushings. 5/8 is actually smaller than the sleeve's outer diameter so when you've drilled roughly 1/3rd of the way through, the sleeve gets heated up enough from the drilling that it just pops right out of the rubber.
- From there just used a cylindrical sanding attachment on the dremel to widen the hole in the rubber so I could pop the new sleeve in with a metal clamp. My shocks came with a couple of sleeves that were a perfect fit for the new mounting bolt so I can just toss out the old ones.
I like the way these Assault shocks look, so much beefier than stock...
R - Nice! Did you have any chain clearance issues? I noticed that the Redwings spring was significantly larger in diameter to stock, and I was running with about 4mm clearance between the shock bottom and the chain :-/ Figure once I crank them up though Ill get a little more clearance there.
I would really like to replace those bushings on the swingarm but cant find a part number...
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Looks great man! Sounds like it worked like a charm!!! Those look like the Redwings to me!
It is very close to the sprocket right now. I don't have a chain guard but if I did it would probably have to be taken off. What size sprocket do you have in the back now? Mine's a 44 tooth but I was thinking about gettin a 49 but I think the shock is too close now. Cranking them up and down does give a little more clearance - I just hope it'll be enough!
My sprocket side cover doesn't clear the shock. I can cut the outer lip in half and should have enough clearance. Should I bother cutting it or just ditch it completely? Is that cover just an extension of the chain guard to keep your pants leg ot of the chain or does it have other purposes?
If it's what I'm thinking of, then it's just an extension of the chain guard. But just to be sure, do you mind snapping a pic of it? I don't wanna suggest anything until I know what we are talking about
Yeah, no pic, but it is what you are thinking of...the plate that bolts on top of the sprocket and has a little lip to hide the chain. I'll ditch it. Figures something would not line up after I got the wheel mounted without dinging any paint.
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