birdrunner Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 OK, I got 6,000 miles on the Wilber's rear shock. Most of it heavily loaded / 2-up, on the highway. Last summer everything was fine. This spring I noticed 3 things. A) The shock keeps the bike bouncing after hitting a dip in the road. This happens alone, or while 2-up. The pre-load adjustment is either stuck or extremely hard to turn. C) Last year, my center stand didn't raise the rear high enough for the tire to clear the ground. Now it does. I'm assuming the shock isn't pushing the wheel down like it used to. ( My tire is worn more too, but I don't think THAT much) Can the cold weather of winter affect these things? What's the remedy? Details are helpful as I'm totally mechanically inept and I really don't have much room to get at this thing (Givi set up and the Uni-go trailer hitch ), Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartonmd Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 OK, I got 6,000 miles on the Wilber's rear shock. Most of it heavily loaded / 2-up, on the highway. Last summer everything was fine. This spring I noticed 3 things. A) The shock keeps the bike bouncing after hitting a dip in the road. This happens alone, or while 2-up. The pre-load adjustment is either stuck or extremely hard to turn. C) Last year, my center stand didn't raise the rear high enough for the tire to clear the ground. Now it does. I'm assuming the shock isn't pushing the wheel down like it used to. ( My tire is worn more too, but I don't think THAT much) Can the cold weather of winter affect these things? What's the remedy? Details are helpful as I'm totally mechanically inept and I really don't have much room to get at this thing (Givi set up and the Uni-go trailer hitch ), I will say, just generally, that in talking to the guys at Ohlins when I got my shock, they said that if you run really loaded a lot, and turn the damping up really high to counter that, it just choks down the fluid flow more, makes the shock heat up more, and wears it out faster. A. if it happens alone... I dono... Which model do you have? Do you have the emulsion shock, or the full-deal with the remote res. and ability to adjust both compression and rebound? B. Did you try going both ways with it, I hope? was there a puddle of fluid under the shock? I know several guys had their remote preload leak oil on them? I'd just keep trying to twist it if it was me... C. That can simply be the not-quite-level-ness of your garage floor in several spots... My floor is concrete, and there are still places where I can't get the rear off the ground, and sometimes I can... It could also be that, if you had the thing on pit-bull stands over the winter, your front was compressed slightly, and the air has equalized in there at 0PSI while the forks are slightly compressed, so it will be trying to pull a vacuum when on the center stand, and not letting them fully uncompress? I'd unscrew and put back the fork caps, if it was me... Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdrunner Posted May 15, 2007 Author Share Posted May 15, 2007 A. if it happens alone... I dono... Which model do you have? Do you have the emulsion shock, or the full-deal with the remote res. and ability to adjust both compression and rebound? B. Did you try going both ways with it, I hope? was there a puddle of fluid under the shock? I know several guys had their remote preload leak oil on them? I'd just keep trying to twist it if it was me... C. That can simply be the not-quite-level-ness of your garage floor in several spots... My floor is concrete, and there are still places where I can't get the rear off the ground, and sometimes I can... It could also be that, if you had the thing on pit-bull stands over the winter, your front was compressed slightly, and the air has equalized in there at 0PSI while the forks are slightly compressed, so it will be trying to pull a vacuum when on the center stand, and not letting them fully uncompress? I'd unscrew and put back the fork caps, if it was me... Mike I got the one with the height adjustment, and remote pre-load adjustment. Didn't spring for the top-end one. Thankfully there was no puddle under my bike this spring. I'm just wondering WTF, it's not the same as last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew69442 Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 I think there were a few posts on the Wilbers blowing their oil seal a bit prematurely I think Warchild was one of them aside from that I have heard nothing but happy Wilbers owners.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdrunner Posted May 16, 2007 Author Share Posted May 16, 2007 Where is the adjustment for the rebound/dampening/ whatever its called. Like I said the shock is buried between the extra crap I've got mounted, so I don't want to dig for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartonmd Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 Where is the adjustment for the rebound/dampening/ whatever its called. Like I said the shock is buried between the extra crap I've got mounted, so I don't want to dig for it. rebound damping is right at the bottom of the shock, where it mounts to the linkage. you get to the adjuster from under the swingarm. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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