SRX to Viper shocks or other shocks on a Viper

pipdviper

pipdviper

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I have a question for all the guys who are swapping front shocks on your sleds. The clevis is just threaded on the end of the rod on a set of shocks. Has anyone thought outside the box on this instead of making mounts and retrofitting, and tried to remove the shock spring, swap the clevis out ( IF THIS WORKS MAKE SURE YOU LOCTITE IT ON) and reassemble the shock? This was not an option for me because I went to a Fox FLOAT setup but I am interested in finding out if this works because it would save a lot of hassle for others. Even if the clevis would need drilled out and tapped to accept a larger diameter shock rod it should be relatively cheap I would think. Even an amature machinest.....well maybe slightly above average !!! should be able to fab a new clevis for whatever application you need. You could even change ride height with the design of the new one. Please let me know if anyone tries this please keep the rest of us informed.
 

I would thing they have to be. There not machined onto the shaft. I know motorcycle and quad ones are threaded on because I have removed them.
 
Well that pretty much stinks. threading the shafts is out too because they are hardened. Thanks for clarifying this. What I thought would be an easy solution isn't.
 
I don't know if they are truly hardened. I think they have a hard overcoat on them (similar to nikasil).

That is why the shaft bend and not break.


pipdviper said:
Well that pretty much stinks. threading the shafts is out too because they are hardened. Thanks for clarifying this. What I thought would be an easy solution isn't.
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I am going to get ahold of my buddy. He works for Keeny motorsports. I'll get an old shock shaft from him and see if it is threadable.
 
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