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Explosive rear shock ! Help

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BDI:
That's interesting. I wonder how they could possibly fix that correctly by tomarrow.?

98kaw500rider:
I'm sure it will take longer , atleast a couple of days. Although he told me they have bladders and valves in stock. So who knows , same place told me a week on a bore on my wr500 cylinder and had it done in 3 days and then told me they were waiting on the piston that's why it took so long . We will see i guess  :|

BDI:
if they have the parts in stock and the threads in the shock body are ok then I guess it would be easy to fix by tomarrow. Did you look at the threads in the shock? are they ok?

98kaw500rider:
OK , Now the shop isn't standing behind there work . Said they didn't remove the valve when they put seals , oil , and nitrogen into the shock. Told me the bladder is blown and it was going to be about 2 weeks and 70 bucks for that but then tell me the valve threads are ruined and they can't find a valve for it. They are trying to tell me the bladder blew and thats what caused the valve to shoot out , i blew a bladder trying to kick start it ? ? So now what ? ? ? grrrr.. So i called a dealership and told them exactly what i have said in this thread and they say to do that job correctly you need to take that valve out. Said " sounds fishy to them "  :x

Johnniespeed:
Perhaps you can find a used one and get out riding soon. There were a lot of KX500's made, so you should be able to pick one up at a reasonable price.
 John

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