yamahaviper
New member
hi guys i have owned my 04 viper s for about 7 years now and still love it ive got 9500 mile on it and the rear skid is bottoming out way more now so i either need shocks rebuilt or new after market ones. now as far as i know these shocks r non rebuildable is this true and if so what r my options for replacements thanks guys
sloTJ
Member
I'm pretty sure they are able to be taken apart and rebuilt. A guy I've heard of is Eric the shock guy. You can send in yours and he'll rebuild them for quite reasonable $.
shaggyzr2
Active member
I had Eric do 2 sets of shocks for me already. I sent them in and had them back in less than a week, $25 per shocks and I'm very happy with the work he did.
from the symptoms you described, it needs a rebuild bad. brothers was like that on the war at end of season and he had less than 50lb of nitrogen charge left in the shocks. spec i think was 280lb + .
youll need a set of shocks from a 02-05 standard viper to be able to rebuild them, the viper "s" uses non rebuildable shocks on the skidframe, why they did that i dont know since they used the ohlins on the front.
yamahaviper
New member
thanks guys for the mony im going to pay for new shocks and still have my back hurt im going to change the skid right out any suggestion
staggs65
Moderator
If you're going to do a skid swap. Mono shock from a newer yamaha is a nice ride
yamahaviper
New member
ya but i heard they r break if u drive aggressively with them and that will b most of the riding that it will b doing is that true cause i would like to stay with yami parts
i was thinking of a polaris iq 136 or an edge
i was thinking of a polaris iq 136 or an edge