Springer Help
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Cruiser
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From: Upstate NY
OK let me rephrase what I said...all the wide springers with shock (what you have) use the same spring...the 163 spring is for the non-shock springers and also uses an inner spring....Shortening the springs will just make it bottom out easy...shoulda bought a Harley OEM springer...would have saved you a lot of headache.
but you live and learn. Thanks again for your help.
Last edited by Gunn58; Feb 9, 2018 at 08:40 AM.
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Really? I built them all from parts off ebay..that I bought before the prices got crazy. I plan to go to that swap meet this year with 3 more.
If you watch ebay...none of the 3k plus ones sell...go to the sold listings to see what sells.
If you watch ebay...none of the 3k plus ones sell...go to the sold listings to see what sells.
Last edited by Tom84FXST; Feb 9, 2018 at 12:35 PM.
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Yeah... 3 of them are Harley...I have sold 2...I still have another FX to build, and I picked up a complete crossbones front end.
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Gunn, are your mounting brackets for the shock welded to the front end or are they bolt on? I'm wondering if the shock is bottomed out and not letting the front part of the springer move up where it should be? Shock looks very short in the pics you posted. Just thinking.
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Cruiser
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From: Upstate NY
Gunn, are your mounting brackets for the shock welded to the front end or are they bolt on? I'm wondering if the shock is bottomed out and not letting the front part of the springer move up where it should be? Shock looks very short in the pics you posted. Just thinking.
Last edited by Gunn58; Feb 9, 2018 at 03:33 PM.