Heyooo,

I'm looking at my owners manual but it's confusing my ***** off. Can someone tell me if my assumption is correct?

1. Put spanner tool in bottom holes on the shock.
2. If looking at the shock from the back of the bike, turn the spanner counter clockwise until it won't go anymore. It is now at setting 1.
3. Turn clockwise until you feel it stop. That will indicate a new step.
4. Do the same to the other side, meaning you still turn counter clockwise even though it's on the different side of the bike.

With all my gear on, I end up at around 205, so I should be at setting 4.

Does that all sound right? Is there anything I have to turn first to be able to turn it? The manual mentions a lower adjustment nut and a lock nut.

I tried to find a YouTube video but it seems like no one made anything relevant.

 

Using a spanner wrench, turn the lower portion of the shock counter clockwise until it stops; that's position #1. Now turn the lower portion clockwise; you'll feel it drop in to each of the preload settings. You'll do both of the shocks the same way, counter clockwise to reach #1 and clockwise to set your preload.

I'm running a #4 preload, I weigh 145 pounds but like a bit firmer setting

Edit: The typical spanner wrench looks like this. You can sometimes find one locally depending on your location or you can grab one on Amazon or eBay rather inexpensively. If you can lift the bike up to take the weight off the rear shocks you may be able to turn them by hand if you're a burly dude with strong hands

 

Think of it this way. You are facing the shock. Turning the spanner to the left is counter clockwise. Right, clockwise.

 

Set it to correct sag (between 3/4 & 1")..., there many youtube videos how

That will be *is* your baseline setting - from there fine tune till your backside happy / handling is where you want it


But first and foremost - get the sag set correctly before all else


Ghost

 

I just went out and tried. I turned it counter clockwise and both sides only seemed to go 4 clicks, so I guess I was on 4.

I tried to go to 5 and it didn't seem like they wanted to go anymore than 4 clicks back up, so now I'm confused as to what setting I'm actually on.

Is it normal for them to be crazy hard to get to the 5th setting?

I didn't see anything about sag in the manual, how's that work?

 

You started on 1, 5-1=4, therefore only 4 clicks from lowest setting.

 

Math is hard. Thanks buddy I got caught up in the setting numbers.

 

I am curious, my 07' has an arrow and numbers stenciled on the shocks. Did they quit doing that?

 

I saw reference to looking under the shocks for numbers on the forums but I was on the ground with a flashlight and I didn't see anything noticeable. The manual also doesn't mention anything about numbers other than counting based on clicks.

 

Thanks! Your advice was sound, the 4 setting in the manual matched up to my weight and put me in between 3/4 and 1 inch down when seated.