ELKA fronts rebuild rear!

[rollie]

im planing on buying ELKA front suspension and rebuiling my rear suspension but i have a question do i have them revalved or rebuild? i mainly do trailriding and might be racing next year



thanks:)

[Tommy 17]

when u buy the front shocks they will be set to ur exact weight u tell them... so no rebuilt or revalve there...


the rear shock coversion was 220$ for me to convert to SSD and then it cost me another 90$ i think to get it revalved to my weight and riding style...


so to answer u questions yes u need the rear rebuilt and revalved but the front u won't have 2... its good to rebuild them every year if u do alot of HARD riding or once ever 2 or 3 for the occassional trail rider... i had my old elkas for 2 years with no problems...

[red]

for my rear i just bought the ssd spring kit and did not tevalve it and it seems to work just fine.

can u put the spring kit on ur self?

[beak7707]

My rear shock is in the process of being converted by the quad shop. I went ahead and had it revalaved also, so it could be the same as the fronts. I figure if you shell out that much for fronts, you might as well make the rear perform to the best of its ability to match the fronts.

[Tommy 17]

beak i got mine back and its awesome right now!!! wait till u see how much it sags its awesome!

[Dave400ex]

I ran Elka fronts for a while until I had my rear rebuilt and it worked ok, but having the rear setup for you matching the fronts makes a big difference. I would say it's well worth the money.

Originally posted by Jingle
can u put the spring kit on ur self?

Yes Or send it to me and I"ll do it for $130....:D

while im at it can i send u my header and get the maxwell house upgrade too?:blah:

[cdalejef]

Originally posted by Jingle
can u put the spring kit on ur self? The shock on a 400ex must be taken apart to remove the preload rings.

[redrunner]

Originally posted by nacsracer12
im planing on buying ELKA front suspension and rebuiling my rear suspension but i have a question do i have them revalved or rebuild? i mainly do trailriding and might be racing next year



thanks:)

Just wondering your sig says 300ex, rear are not rebuildable I thought. Or maybe you have another quad, just an observation.:)

[rollie]

nope i have a 300ex id ont no there not abled to be rebuildt? also i was thinking of buying axis rear shocks so id have elka fronts and axis rears...are axis any good?



thanks:)

Originally posted by Jeff@QuadShop
The shock on a 400ex must be taken apart to remove the preload rings.

thank ya jeffro. can u shoot me a pm and give me a price on a ssd rebuild for a stock rear and a ssd spring and revavle plz. :D

[redrunner]

Originally posted by nacsracer12
nope i have a 300ex id ont no there not abled to be rebuildt? also i was thinking of buying axis rear shocks so id have elka fronts and axis rears...are axis any good?



thanks:)

All that I have read Axis is a very good shock.;)

[toby400ex]

How much is the ssd spring kit, as in just the springs and me putting them in myself?

[rollie]

i think im gonna go with elka fronts and axis rear unless i get a 450R which isnt looking to bad right now!:D