How do I adjust this older progressive spring?
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Those are the Progressive 440 shocks. The preload for them are adjusted by hand with the top collar, no special tools are required.
I had them on my bike and found that if they had not been adjusted for quite some time they were very difficult to get the collars to start to moving. From the picture it looks as if you have the preload almost maxed out. Their are 4 reference lines on the body of the shock to determine the amount of preload and yours appear to be at slightly above the 4th line. This may be why it feels like a hard tail. I would suggest reducing the preload to the top reference line and see how that works for you.
I had them on my bike and found that if they had not been adjusted for quite some time they were very difficult to get the collars to start to moving. From the picture it looks as if you have the preload almost maxed out. Their are 4 reference lines on the body of the shock to determine the amount of preload and yours appear to be at slightly above the 4th line. This may be why it feels like a hard tail. I would suggest reducing the preload to the top reference line and see how that works for you.
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