One Shock Longer than the Other?

[Pro400EXC]

Hey Guys,Look at this Pic.....I always thought my one shock must have been longer tha the other...Casue when I lift the fornt end up,takign the sagg away,on side would come off the ground b4 the other....so WTF is the prob here Guys??

[mc250r]

check your frame to make sure it's not twisted. I had an 86 250r that did the same thing. come to find out my frame was twisted causing one a-arm to drop further than the other one.

[airheadedduner]

Looks to me like the left is longer. I don't know about anyone else but that top spring on the left shock looks longer then the one on the right, the bumpers kinda in the way so its hard to tell.

[Guy400]

Pro, take the shocks off the quad and measure them from eyelet to eyelet. This will tell you if you've got a problem with your shocks or your frame.

Not only that but how do you know your quad is sitting level? You've got the rear tires on the ground and the front end up on a stand that's invariably digging into the sand.

[Pappy]

haha.....yeah bro....the sand maybe throwin off the ol' measurement.

to be honest with ya, i studied this pic, and it looks like hte frame is bent, but who knows! it could be the angle of the pic.

[kabd69667]

I think the rear tires are off the ground actually. Thats how it looks to me.

[Woodsrider]

I think you're worried about nothing. Just ride it. Your frame is prolly tweaked just a little. If it rides good and the tires aren't wearing funny then don't worry about it.

[LilGuyOn400ex]

r they both adjusted the same? that could make one longer if u have one stiffer then the other...

[airheadedduner]

Are you holding the camera leval, just a thought.

[EvilJester400EX]

it looks like the whole right side of the quad sits higher than the left.. maybe i got bad eyes, but it's how it looks to me

[Extremeracer167]

It looks to me like the shock on OUR RIGHT is hanging down further. I think maybe the shock on OUR LEFT is sticking or something, becuase look at the gold tender spring, it is compressed a little bit comapard to the Right side. Ide check it out.

[Extremeracer167]

Maybe your shock shaft could be bent, and that isnt allowing it to hang down all the way?

[kabd69667]

I don't know if this serves any justice or not but anyway....

[TRX_Thumper]

ok maybe the right tire has less air pressure....or....my spindle is bent on my 300 and it looks the same way

[400exBro]

i got the same problem on mine, and i found out that the preload on one shock was different then the other causing one to sit lower than the other, that and it looks like your tire pressure could be off...

i hope it ain t a bent frame becuse i got the same problem or i use to at least!!
Bro

[Pro400EXC]

Well,when i got them,One shock looked Longer than the other...So How can one shock be longer than the other?


Also,by Frame def isn'y tweeked,cause the worst abuse it got is when i jumped it off this 8ft cliff,and bottomed the front out,and the frame dug,but other than that,it had the usualy jump,stree,and so on threww it.......


But Yah,the one shock is longer than the other,when i took dem off,so what the malfunchion?

[Sick0]

My front rims is bent real bad and looks like that.

[DEAL]

If it rides fine, don't worry bout it.

[Nausty]

you really can't tell unless you measure, to many variable by just judging the pic on a computer that can throw it off.