P500 This a problem?

[The Green Goat]

Sooooo. Got the new WE shocks on front and rear, but I see a potential problem. The fitting coming off the rear shock body to the reservoir is pretty close to the frame. I can't mount it the other direction on the driver's side because the 520s exhaust is now straight and runs right next to the frame. So I'm only left with this choice. I tried compressing the rear suspension as much as I could to see if this fitting will hit the frame, and though I am fat, I couldn't compress it enough and look at the same time. I don't want to find out the hard way on the trail that it doesn't have enough clearance. I see most of the 500 folks mount it with the fitting on the other side but I obviously don't have that option.

Certainly WE would have tested this out first? Thoughts?

Driver's side

Passenger side

 

[trigger]

I think you'll be alright.

 

[CMB]

Is there a reason you can't move the reservoir forward away from the frame ?

 

[Hondasxs]

Is there a reason you can't move the reservoir forward away from the frame ?

I think he is talking about the nipple out of the shock head.

 

[futzin]

Put your phone on video and then lean on it?

 

[CMB]

I think he is talking about the nipple out of the shock head.

👍

 

[The Green Goat]

I think you'll be alright.

Famous last words. lol

I think he is talking about the nipple out of the shock head.

Yup.

Put your phone on video and then lean on it?

I need to eat a few more cheeseburgers first. Even jumping on it, I still can't compress it all the way. That probably won't be the case when I start taking it off some sweet jumps.




Also, looks like I'm going to have to pull them back off to adjust the preload. It sits about 0.75" lower in the rear than it did with the stockers. I bought a spanner wrench set from Amazon, but there's no way to get one in there to turn it, so, off they come. Plan is to compress the spring about another inch and hope that raises it up some more. Ideally, I'd like it to sit about 0.5" higher than stock.

 

[HUCK]

Sooooo. Got the new WE shocks on front and rear, but I see a potential problem. The fitting coming off the rear shock body to the reservoir is pretty close to the frame. I can't mount it the other direction on the driver's side because the 520s exhaust is now straight and runs right next to the frame. So I'm only left with this choice. I tried compressing the rear suspension as much as I could to see if this fitting will hit the frame, and though I am fat, I couldn't compress it enough and look at the same time. I don't want to find out the hard way on the trail that it doesn't have enough clearance. I see most of the 500 folks mount it with the fitting on the other side but I obviously don't have that option.

Certainly WE would have tested this out first? Thoughts?

Driver's side
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Passenger side
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Put a ratchet tie down on it and crank it down .

 

[The Green Goat]

Put a ratchet tie down on it and crank it down .

 

[futzin]

Put a ratchet tie down on it and crank it down .

Save time; do that after you've loaded it on the trailer for the trip! 😆

 

[lee]

Certainly WE would have tested this out first?

No.

 

[TOGR]

Hopefully you can get them on the phone tomorrow and ask.

 

[KYhillbilly]

cant you just rotate the shock so the nipple is on the other side? Have done that on trucks/Jeeps. May have to relocate the reservoir as well.

 

[CID]

Since you have to take the shocks off to set the preload, you could remove one shock, remove the spring, reinstall w/o spring and pull down with a ratchet strap as mentioned above. This might let you get to 'hard bottom' and see if that nipple clears.

 

[The Green Goat]

cant you just rotate the shock so the nipple is on the other side? Have done that on trucks/Jeeps. May have to relocate the reservoir as well.

Nope. Nipple hits the exhaust.

 

[The Green Goat]

Since you have to take the shocks off to set the preload, you could remove one shock, remove the spring, reinstall w/o spring and pull down with a ratchet strap as mentioned above. This might let you get to 'hard bottom' and see if that nipple clears.

I picture this going poorly for me, with the end result of me missing some teeth. I imagine that spring would need compressed a bit to get the nut threads to engage. I could be wrong, but it seems that way.

 

[Brmcg324]

The question is what amount of wheel travel would produce enough angle motion to hit the fitting. Maybe drive one wheel up on a ramp or rock with some wheel travel and stop there where you could look at how close the fitting is versus the frame. May be impossible to stop exactly where you could look at it. Trying to get an idea of that fitting‘s movement within the range of wheel travel. The short wheel travel of the 500/520 may be what saves this from hitting the fitting.

 

[CID]

The question is what amount of wheel travel would produce enough angle motion to hit the fitting. Maybe drive one wheel up on a ramp or rock with some wheel travel and stop there where you could look at how close the fitting is versus the frame. May be impossible to stop exactly where you could look at it. Trying to get an idea of that fitting‘s movement within the range of wheel travel. The short wheel travel of the 500/520 may be what saves this from hitting the fitting.

Good idea, this is how I checked to see if my tender springs were coil binding.

 

[The Green Goat]

Epiphany! I think when I unbolt the bottom shock bolt, I will lift the A-arm to see how high the mounting hole goes at full compression. Then lower the arm and pivot the shock to roughly the same angle. In my mind, this seems like it should work. No compression needed.

 

[LilRedDonkey]

I think you'll be alright.

Sooooo. Got the new WE shocks on front and rear, but I see a potential problem. The fitting coming off the rear shock body to the reservoir is pretty close to the frame. I can't mount it the other direction on the driver's side because the 520s exhaust is now straight and runs right next to the frame. So I'm only left with this choice. I tried compressing the rear suspension as much as I could to see if this fitting will hit the frame, and though I am fat, I couldn't compress it enough and look at the same time. I don't want to find out the hard way on the trail that it doesn't have enough clearance. I see most of the 500 folks mount it with the fitting on the other side but I obviously don't have that option.

Certainly WE would have tested this out first? Thoughts?

Driver's side
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Passenger side
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can you turn the passenger side so you only worry about one instead of both?