blown shock?
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blown shock?
Had a great ride today until I got home. I got off the bike and noticed oil splattered all over the left side of the rear fender, belt guard and shock. It was a very thin oil film that appeared to be coming from the shock. I wiped it all down and sitting in the garage it was still leaking off the shock. Does this happen often? The shocks are 11" progressive 412'. I was Never really impressed with the ride of these shorties but they were on the bike when I got it. To save money I will most likely have to order the same shock cause I just dumped a bunch of money on other things for the bike. When I changed shocks on my sportster I was able to do it by unbolting the old shock and bolting on the new one, can I do this with the dyna? or does it need to be jacked up?
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Cruiser
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I will call progressive today about repairing the shock, my big ? is can I take one shock off the bike without jacking it up, can it support itself on 1 shock till the rapaired one returns?
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Even if it comes off without killing somebody or flying through the roof of your garage, how you gonna compress it to get it back on?
I've never done one, but I wouldn't be shocked if you had to remove BOTH shocks to get new shock(s) back on.
Just a WAG.
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On my sportster I was able to do one at a time with no problems. The springs dont travel very far. I would like to take both off and send them back to be checked but I dont have a jack and dont wont to tie up and independants jack either. Someone must have more experience with this and can offer some more insight, thanks Ken.