Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
Rear shock / linkage
Kev:
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--- Quote ---What do you think about updating to the 450F shock?
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Aftermarket shock?? ?hlins, WP, Reiger, Kayaba and many more.
Dutchie
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Hey Dutchie, I wanted to ask you, how is the availability of hard parts in Europe for the 500? Unless I'm not looking in the right places the only things I can find here in the states is mostly what I call accessory type items, and very few of those. Your bike looks great. My next winters project is to restore mine so I need to start finding sources now. Thanks.
Kev
puffy:
I want you to build me the yz 250 front end that you have . :-D :-D How much would you charge for the triple clamps and other related parts Dutchy? I could get my wife to bake cookies plus money. :-D :-D Please
Dutch-K5 Fan:
--- Quote from: Kev on April 07, 2008, 04:38:58 AM ---
--- Quote from: Dutch-K5 Fan on April 01, 2008, 06:31:23 AM ---
--- Quote ---What do you think about updating to the 450F shock?
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Aftermarket shock?? ?hlins, WP, Reiger, Kayaba and many more.
Dutchie
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Hey Dutchie, I wanted to ask you, how is the availability of hard parts in Europe for the 500? Unless I'm not looking in the right places the only things I can find here in the states is mostly what I call accessory type items, and very few of those. Your bike looks great. My next winters project is to restore mine so I need to start finding sources now. Thanks.
Kev
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Rear shocks, engine parts, plastic, frame parts are no problem. Special stuff is a lot more difficult. These frontforks are 04 yz model from ?hlins and new Kxf triple klamps, axle is selfmade inhouse.
Whats on your wishlist Kev ?? 8-)
Only problem is to ship your parts to the US, ?1,- is $1.50 if I'm correct. And in europe you pay more ? than $ :x :x
KX500FREAK is also Dutch so he can help also, but let me know.
Dutchie
Kev:
Thanks Dutchie, when I am ready I will PM you and we can discuss what are the best toys for the K5.
Ok, update time. My original problem with the bike sitting too low in the rear has been resolved. A previous owner had installed about a 35mm spacer between the seal head and the shock piston. It very effectively lowered the bike, but also drastically shortened the shock stroke. this 35mm spacer after being multiplied by the shock linkage resulted in a lower seat height by almost 65mm. Spacer is now gone and bike is at proper height :-D. Also at some point a person had taken the piston and shim stacks apart. I'm going to assume that the shim stack was changed. The stock piston was reused though. Now my problem is that when they ground away the peened lip to remove the nut, they really ground :-o. The rebound orifice also looks as though it has been hit with a reamer :?. It is huge. I installed a Race Tech gold valve and new shim stacks only to find that so much oil is bypassing back through the rebound passage during compression that I have no compression damping adjustment using the compression clicker. So now my rebound adjuster affects both rebound and compression and not proportionately. I recently picked up another shock off of ebay and hopefully it will not have met the same fate as my current shock. I'm still riding the bike. Having all the added suspension travel is great 8-). I am looking forward to having a properly assembled and functioning shock. :-D :-D
Kev
don46:
The hole in the shaft is quite large once the peening has been ground off, the metered portion is up inside the shaft. The tapered needle should prevent oil from blowing through, when you had it apart, did you tighten the rebound adjuster and see if it would stop the flow of oil? grinding shouldn't have doen anything to the rebound circuit, what might have happened, the nut down by the clevis could have been loosened and the clevis turned far enough that the needle won't seat, I've never seen this but know it is possible, my buddy thought he knew how to take one apart, and he looesened the nut and clevis and finally blowing out the spring and all the oil.
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