wolfmoon
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I think I'm geting somewhere with this thing but it's not done yet!
For starters I lowered the limit straps so about 1/4" of thread is exposed from the nuts. Then I tightened up the preload adjuster on the front shock until I could just pull the spring off its seat with the sled on its side.
One side note -- when I checked preload upon first getting the sled - it was so soft that I could easily pull the springs off their seats with one hand! I stiffened all the preload settings initially as a result.
The next thing was to turn the the transfer rod nuts, or whatever you call 'em, all the way up to un-couple the suspension as much as possible.
The theory behind all of this is that I wanted the front shock to do more work, separately from the rear, thereby relieving the rear shock from some of its duty.
(After some reading I decided the coupling was occuring too soon and putting both shocks to work much too quickly resulting in a huge kick on the big stuff and thourough thrashing on ripples at lower speeds.)
Now, when the really big hits do finally get both shocks to work together the front shock has already absorbed a good part of the energy making the transition much smoother.
Am I full of it or am I starting to figure this out a little?
The full rate adjuster is currently set full stiff. It seems just a little too stiff. The next time out I'll put it in the middle and see how that works. If that's too soft it'll be up to preload adjustments.
One side effect has been increased darting and wiggling in seriosly bumpy conditions. I'm attributing this to the shortening of "wheelbase" and lowering ski pressure by lowering the front of the skidframe.
I just finished reading about shimming the ski bumpers to shift ski weight to the back of the wear bars, that will be the next thing I'll try.
I'll put up another post when I get some results.
For starters I lowered the limit straps so about 1/4" of thread is exposed from the nuts. Then I tightened up the preload adjuster on the front shock until I could just pull the spring off its seat with the sled on its side.
One side note -- when I checked preload upon first getting the sled - it was so soft that I could easily pull the springs off their seats with one hand! I stiffened all the preload settings initially as a result.
The next thing was to turn the the transfer rod nuts, or whatever you call 'em, all the way up to un-couple the suspension as much as possible.
The theory behind all of this is that I wanted the front shock to do more work, separately from the rear, thereby relieving the rear shock from some of its duty.
(After some reading I decided the coupling was occuring too soon and putting both shocks to work much too quickly resulting in a huge kick on the big stuff and thourough thrashing on ripples at lower speeds.)
Now, when the really big hits do finally get both shocks to work together the front shock has already absorbed a good part of the energy making the transition much smoother.
Am I full of it or am I starting to figure this out a little?
The full rate adjuster is currently set full stiff. It seems just a little too stiff. The next time out I'll put it in the middle and see how that works. If that's too soft it'll be up to preload adjustments.
One side effect has been increased darting and wiggling in seriosly bumpy conditions. I'm attributing this to the shortening of "wheelbase" and lowering ski pressure by lowering the front of the skidframe.
I just finished reading about shimming the ski bumpers to shift ski weight to the back of the wear bars, that will be the next thing I'll try.
I'll put up another post when I get some results.