400ex p.e.p shocks "flaw"

[Ralph]

i installed my p.e.p's on my ex today and it turns out that the frame kind of gets in the way of the shock whent he a-arms are hanging all the way. i had to grind a little notch so i could mount them, 1st pic is of where it hit(its the silver spot on the underside of the top shockmount), and second pic is of how bad it didnt line up..

[Ralph]

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[400MXer]

my pep's didn't do that.....that's wierd.

mine had enough clearance!

[AC 400 ex 02]

my pep lt's didnt do that either, installed them the other night, i just lift a little on the bottom a-arm and they lined up perfect, dont know what caused that problem

[Tommy 17]

they werent' like that on dereks quad:huh

[lil400exman]

same here.............i dont know why they did that........:huh

[toby400ex]

Damn, those look just like my works, cept they didnt have any problems mounting

[K_Fulk]

Originally posted by 400MXer
my pep's didn't do that.....that's wierd.

mine had enough clearance!

Same here, No problems with mine.

[Chanman420q]

ive installed 2 diffrant sets of peps on my quad and everything lined up perfect. going to my 3rd set next week, hope this one doesnt do that.

[JOEX]

I didn't have a problem either. I'd say it has more to do with the frame, maybe? Is there any build up of PC in there? Just a thought.

Joe

[Ralph]

i know exactly why it does it, but i dont think its good, reason is because the a-rms are hanging, so the angle of the shock is as far to vertical as it could get, when mounted the sag makes the shock go on more of an angle giving it the clearance. When most of u installed ur shocks u probably only jacked the front up a little bit so the shocks go in at an angle. i know its not the frame cause its the same on the other frames we tried them on,


all in all its fine now...

[JOEX]

Originally posted by Ralph
i know exactly why it does it, but i dont think its good, reason is because the a-rms are hanging, so the angle of the shock is as far to vertical as it could get, when mounted the sag makes the shock go on more of an angle giving it the clearance. When most of u installed ur shocks u probably only jacked the front up a little bit so the shocks go in at an angle. i know its not the frame cause its the same on the other frames we tried them on,


all in all its fine now...
Glad you got them installed:)

When I did mine the quad was off the ground like yours but I installed the upper bolts first.

Joe

[QuadRacer041]

i had pep's on both my 400ex's and i had to grind both of them in the same spots.
no big deal, but it would have been nice to know before u had the frame pc'ed, o well use a little touch up paint there.

[Ralph]

exactly, i worked on it some more today and i got everything on cept the left front cause im waiting for bushings...

[AC 400 ex 02]

anyone know where i could get rezzie stickers for my peps? I think there are 2 different ones, a sticker for plastics and the sticker thats made for the rezzie

[Ralph]

im gonna be running Derisi Stickers since thats what their made of:macho

[crap-banshee32]

the normal pep stickers are the ones they put on the rezzis....theres no difference.

[AC 400 ex 02]

alright thanks

[A4StrokeGuy]

Both sets of PEP's i've installed i've had to grind a bit on the frame also

[jdpdave]

it looks like the back (flap) of the shock tower was bent in at one time

[Ralph]

im the first owner of this frame and nothing was ever bent in, it is identical on both sides and it worked fine with my elkas, btw do u guys need a website? if u do pm me and we can talk about web design