shock re-furb

[Big_AL]

Right, i've just got my grubby hands on an old white spring mille shock, obviously it's a bit old and possibly has a few miles on it so i'm thinking i'm best off getting it re-furbed before fitting it on my bike. So can anyone recommend a company that offers a decent service. Thanks in advance

[FlyingKiwi]

Me too
I would like somewhere up chesire way plz

[Big_AL]

you got the same shock as me? I am half tempted to fit it and see if it's any good, but I'm just guessing it's probably past it's best and could do with a re-build.

[FlyingKiwi]

Yup, I got a white spring Mille shock off fleabay.
I hope it's not the same as yours
The valve needs to be trimmed to fit or I believe you can get a recessed valve fitted.
Hence the service and revalve for me. They are almost 9 years old after all.

[Big_AL]

Go on then, upset me How much did you get yours for?

[Falco9]

Might be worth speaking to Gareth at Reactive suspension, based in York

http://www.reactivesuspension.com/

Top bloke, knows his stuff

F9

[FlyingKiwi]

£27.94 delivered
Was yours the £67 +10 one

Thanks F9, was hoping for somewhere closer to save on postage.

[Big_AL]

I paid £50 for mine why do they always see me coming

[Pierre]

I'd fit it and try it. When youve taken your old shock off and cleaned everything, it only takes 20mins to swap stuff round.

1 of mine needed the valve filing, the other didnt. It's only a tiny lip and i just rubbed a metal file over it a couple of times

Not to scale

[Kenif]

Just had one done at All Bike Engineering in Greenwich. Cost £140 for a rebuild including replacing the blocky thing (sorry, can't remember what it's called)

http://www.allbikeengineering.co.uk/html/shocks.html

It had been getting sticky for a while (creaked on rebound) and I had no idea how many miles on it when I bought it so figure it was well worth the money. It's lovely and firm now!

[Big_AL]

there's a guy on ebay that offers a shock re-furb service for £85 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Aprilia-Cagiva-Sh ... 18Q2el1247 anyone here used them?

[Falco9]

there's a guy on ebay that offers a shock re-furb service for £85 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Aprilia-Cagiva-Sh ... 18Q2el1247 anyone here used them?

This bloke is based in Bradford, a friend just had his Ohlins forks re-sealed with new oil for £85, said the guy was good and very quick turnaround (although he dropped the forks off)

Gareth @ Reactive did my Ohlins shock re-furb for £85 last year, you'd need to check the price now though

F9

[Nooj]

These guys were pretty good at setting my bike up and seemed to know what they were on about: RACE-LAB Based at Hurn Airport near Bournemouth.

[Gio]

Another firm is Setup Engineering in Wandsworth http://www.setupengineering.co.uk/

IMO James is one of the best in the business he sorted my Blackbird out after the original shock went west.

He's well known around the race paddock as well

[FlyingKiwi]

Ok, so my shock looks immaculate and I've decided to try it before sending it off.
I've followed Pierres technical drawing and removed some of the valve.
I have also tried to set it back to standard settings.
The manual I downloaded from Martinpolls site says 14 clicks from closed for rebound? (bottom adjuster).
But for the compression (top adjuster) says "from completely closed open 45 clicks". But that is fully open. Is this correct. Doesn't sound right to me.
I've gone for 14 clicks and 22 clicks. also set the shock length, between centres, at 322mm (std) and spring length at 130mm (std).
What have other white shock users got theirs set at?
FK