Quote Originally Posted by CLEAN CUT
Reasonably priced means they will be there for decoration rather than proper damping, roadholding, your safety and everyone elses. Doesnt matter whether its a cheap bike or an expensive one, it will still benefit the same from quality ( not cheap ) suspension. Forget about trying to get your standard shock rebuilt, the body is not hard anodised and it will be worn like crazy inside. This bike is currently capable of killing you and other road users.....
I have my MX rear shock infront of me , Piston measures 44.02mm internal diam of shock body 44.03 ( no signs of wear , one smaal scratch mark , but not enoughto worry about
At working temp of say 100 deg ( bit hot ) I make it an expansion of 44.10 for the piston and as the body is exposed to some sort of coolant it will run ever so slightly cooler it the clearance will if anything close up a bit
That shock is from a 92 cr ,,,and is well abused

The piston is a 6060 or higher as is it dark black the body is a sand cast LM3 or some such ( thats a guess base on other stuff I have had tested )

Stock isnt always bad, it just needs abit of help sometimes !

Stephen

I have just thought , higher silicone alloys would be less suitable to hard anodize.