Changing a fox Vanilla RC spring

[carter]

Just chaning the spring on my RC, and the spring cannot be remove due to the reducers in the eyelet. Does anyone know if I can just press the reducers out or should my LBS do it?

[corey@nsmb.com]

You can do it yourself.

The reducers can be removed with pliers...It won't take much force at all. Just clamp on and work each one out.

If you have a pin set up with spacers (aluminum sleeves over the pin) like a Big Hit or Norco Shore etc. , you can use pliers (I find water pump pliers [channel locks] work well to remove it).

It is hardened steel, don't worry about damaging it.

Let me know if you need more info.

Corey

[carter]

Thanks I just used a press, and pushed it out.

[corey@nsmb.com]

Nice!

[carter]

Damn, this 600 lbs spring is much taller than the 500 lbs. Anyhow you just tighten it up so that the spring doesn't move around. Correct????

[corey@nsmb.com]

Yup. It is fine if it is longer... Just be sure that the 600 x ___ number exceeds the stroke of the shock.

Example. My 2.5" stroke RC uses a 500 x 2.8. The 2.8 refers to how much the spring will compress before "coil bind" occurs and ruins my shock. It leaves me with .3" of preload ajustment.

Get it?

[carter]

You bet.