Using hardtail struts with a lowering bracket.
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Using hardtail struts with a lowering bracket.
Can you take 10 inch rigid struts and use them with lowering brakets?
I just put the struts on my bike and its not giving me the fender to tire gap that I want. Im just curious if I can add back my lowering kit to bring the rear fender down lower to the tire. Would this be bad or what?
I just put the struts on my bike and its not giving me the fender to tire gap that I want. Im just curious if I can add back my lowering kit to bring the rear fender down lower to the tire. Would this be bad or what?
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do they make shorter than 10 inch struts and if so where do I get them?
Don't use brackets! I snapped some with shocks. Rigid struts will bust them for sure! Re-mount the fender to the swing arm is your best bet. Gotta do some fabrication to make it work but that's the fun part!
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I've never looked into the lengths that are available, however it would not be that hard to fab up some to the right length. Looks like it's just some steel rod with some tubing welded on to use as the mounting points.
You could make them yourself if you can weld, or you can pay someone. A skilled welder could do it no problem. Send them off to powder coat and you will probably still come in under the $100 or so that many of them go for.
You could make them yourself if you can weld, or you can pay someone. A skilled welder could do it no problem. Send them off to powder coat and you will probably still come in under the $100 or so that many of them go for.
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I've never looked into the lengths that are available, however it would not be that hard to fab up some to the right length. Looks like it's just some steel rod with some tubing welded on to use as the mounting points.
You could make them yourself if you can weld, or you can pay someone. A skilled welder could do it no problem. Send them off to powder coat and you will probably still come in under the $100 or so that many of them go for.
You could make them yourself if you can weld, or you can pay someone. A skilled welder could do it no problem. Send them off to powder coat and you will probably still come in under the $100 or so that many of them go for.
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The picture below is a guy running our Beefy Struts with some Billet lowering blocks. I personally don't know how comfortable I would be doing the same, but have had no report from him of a failure and it's been a couple of years.
Also, have asked before, has anyone ever seen a billet lowering block fail? I have seen the welded ones fail.
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The picture below is a guy running our Beefy Struts with some Billet lowering blocks. I personally don't know how comfortable I would be doing the same, but have had no report from him of a failure and it's been a couple of years.
Also, have asked before, has anyone ever seen a billet lowering block fail? I have seen the welded ones fail.
Also, have asked before, has anyone ever seen a billet lowering block fail? I have seen the welded ones fail.