My rear spring body is worn an causing alot of stichtion, also has alot of sideways play, seems to be a non serviable part. has anyone delt with these before?![]()
My rear spring body is worn an causing alot of stichtion, also has alot of sideways play, seems to be a non serviable part. has anyone delt with these before?![]()
I have heard of the bushings being replaced. A new OEM part will cost you your first born. Robert Taylor will be able to help, and I will speak to a buddy who has a TL1000S, as soon as he gets back from overseas, and get back to you. Cheers
Robert Taylor?
My spring unit (SOAS - spring on a stick) was worn to the point that it would seize if not drenched in oil every 100km. I replaced it with a bitubo shock - if you have a spare 1k i highly recommend it as it replaces the spring unit with a all in one shock, getting rid of the rear rotary damper (unless yours has an ohlins damper or something fancy in the back already)
P.S. check out http://www.tlzone.net if you haven't already
At high mileage the spring unit on these does give out. Ohlins offer a replacement damper but unfortunately its a pity that it doesnt also have a spring installed, solving 2 problems in one hit. This is not so straightforward as the spring rate in that location would be different to that required in its standard location.
When talking performance improvement ( as opposed to cost ) I would be replacing the damper unit with Ohlins and fitting a new Suzuki spring unit. The overall improvement well exceeds lower cost options.
Robert are you still thinking about coming up with something else for these things? oh and welcome to KB mate nice to see another TL here.As tub says check out TLZONE.NET as theres endless useful imfo on TLS plus there a great bunch of guys from all over the World,be warned though theres blokes on there that make some awsome stuff and it does get a bit addictive..read as expensive.
Be the person your dog thinks you are...
Jeez I had it in mind that youd pop up! Really I need a donor bike so that I could set it up but of course we have that cursed stretch of water to contend with....Having said that I think I may be able to access a bike in New Plymouth to pre-investigate whether spring fitment onto Ohlins dampers is actually viable. Please bear with me, I havent forgotten.
That's Lindemann Engineering.
... and that's what I think.
Or summat.
Or maybe not...
Dunno really....![]()
priced a new one from japan via sports zone bout 6-7 hundred,but i'm thinkin if i pay that much just for the spring the damper could pack a sad later and don't the kits that replace the damper replace the spring to? ie coil over in dampers place?
The Ohlins only replaces the damper unit, not the spring. As mentioned above though, it looks like Robert has plans to have a go at a spring over damper replacement. The Bitubo spring/damper fits where the spring only unit lives
i have a picture of a tls with a coilover in the place where the damper should be. i could send it to yous
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