Hey everybody!
I want to put shorter shocks on my ´76 CB550 Honda. I ordered a set of aftermarket 10.5" shocks (same kind DCC sells) with the eye to clevis mount. The shocks arrived today and I wanted to install them but noticed the upper mount is much larger than the mount in the new shocks. I pressed out the rubber part and the metal sleeve on the new shocks and wanted to install the rubber and sleeve from my old shocks. Then I noticed that the new shocks are tapered inside the upper eye where the rubber and sleeve goes in. The old rubber part from the OEM Koni shocks is maybe 1-2mm larger in diameter and won't fit. Do you think it's safe to drill out the new shocks a bit to make the old rubber and sleeve go in the shorty shocks?
Thanks!
I want to put shorter shocks on my ´76 CB550 Honda. I ordered a set of aftermarket 10.5" shocks (same kind DCC sells) with the eye to clevis mount. The shocks arrived today and I wanted to install them but noticed the upper mount is much larger than the mount in the new shocks. I pressed out the rubber part and the metal sleeve on the new shocks and wanted to install the rubber and sleeve from my old shocks. Then I noticed that the new shocks are tapered inside the upper eye where the rubber and sleeve goes in. The old rubber part from the OEM Koni shocks is maybe 1-2mm larger in diameter and won't fit. Do you think it's safe to drill out the new shocks a bit to make the old rubber and sleeve go in the shorty shocks?
Thanks!