I received the progressive springs from Makin Trax today and put them on.
Steve, let me know if I did anything wrong!
I ordered the 250 spring for the rear and the 225 for the front.
First take the shock off of the RZR-S and loosen the preload nuts. The easiest way to do this is to loosen the top nut all the way, and then turn the whole spring to loosen the nut that is against the spring. I put the shock into a bench vice to hold it while I did this, but you could also do this while it is on the RZR. Loosen the preload nuts until there is enough room to remove the spring retainer on the bottom of the shock.
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Remove the spring retainer and the spring.
Slide the new solid spring retainer onto the shock and the spring.
Edit: (tight coils on top) I installed mine upside down on the first attempt! LOL
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On the other end slide the new slotted spring retainer in.
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Now tighten the preload nuts down until the retaining rings are secure. Add one turn of preload, or your preference. On the front shocks I turned the preload down to where the spring was no longer touching the shock reservoir.
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Now reinstall the shock onto the RZR.
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The rear shock assembly was similar. One thing I noticed was that at full droop the spring retainer was touching the brake line, so I rotated the spring retainer so that the slot lined up with the brake line.
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While I had the shocks off of the RZR I took the bushings out of the ends, cleaned them up and lubricated them and the heim joints. This eliminated the squeaks and was well worth the time. The entire install took me about 90 minutes, and a good 30 minutes of that was spent cleaning and lubricating the bushings and heim joints on the shocks.
With the way I had them adjusted, in the back I gained about 1" of ride height, and in the front about 1-1/2".
I will try them out in about 7 days at Glamis!
:ride:
Steve, let me know if I did anything wrong!
I ordered the 250 spring for the rear and the 225 for the front.
First take the shock off of the RZR-S and loosen the preload nuts. The easiest way to do this is to loosen the top nut all the way, and then turn the whole spring to loosen the nut that is against the spring. I put the shock into a bench vice to hold it while I did this, but you could also do this while it is on the RZR. Loosen the preload nuts until there is enough room to remove the spring retainer on the bottom of the shock.
Remove the spring retainer and the spring.
Slide the new solid spring retainer onto the shock and the spring.
Edit: (tight coils on top) I installed mine upside down on the first attempt! LOL
On the other end slide the new slotted spring retainer in.
Now tighten the preload nuts down until the retaining rings are secure. Add one turn of preload, or your preference. On the front shocks I turned the preload down to where the spring was no longer touching the shock reservoir.
Now reinstall the shock onto the RZR.
The rear shock assembly was similar. One thing I noticed was that at full droop the spring retainer was touching the brake line, so I rotated the spring retainer so that the slot lined up with the brake line.
While I had the shocks off of the RZR I took the bushings out of the ends, cleaned them up and lubricated them and the heim joints. This eliminated the squeaks and was well worth the time. The entire install took me about 90 minutes, and a good 30 minutes of that was spent cleaning and lubricating the bushings and heim joints on the shocks.
With the way I had them adjusted, in the back I gained about 1" of ride height, and in the front about 1-1/2".
I will try them out in about 7 days at Glamis!
:ride:
Dale have a great holiday. Frank
