I beat on it with a punch enough that I formed a nice little round indentation on the nut and thought I was going to mess up the threads on the shock.Beat on it w/ a punch or remove the entire shock and do it on a bench.
I'm 5'6" and weigh 138 pounds without gear so I really wanted to get that extra inch of sag. I noticed that after I sprayed the threads with a little WD-40 that top lock ring it spins pretty freely (by hand) once you loosen it with a punch, or in my case, a tire iron.you have to take some weight off of it, so jack the machine up from under the engine, but i noticed there is no room in there, so might have to remove some things to do it right
Good thinking!!!I'm 5'6" and weigh 138 pounds without gear so I really wanted to get that extra inch of sag. I noticed that after I sprayed the threads with a little WD-40 that top lock ring it spins pretty freely (by hand) once you loosen it with a punch, or in my case, a tire iron.
I figured the adjuster ring should spin just as freely if it wasn't pushing against that damn spring. It took me a moment, but I noticed that I could wedge a tire iron between the one of the spring coils and a frame cross member and use that compress the spring enough to spin the adjuster. It worked like a charm, I can get both feet on the ground now. :thumbup: Don't forget to wrap the iron with some cloth tape so you don't mar the spring or frame.
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At delivery I asked the salesman to help me with the sag (which ended up as him watching me mutilate the ring). He lifted the bike on a center stand but it was never steady and was rocking back and forth.I was going to put on an aluminum skid plate on in hopes the flat bottom would make it more stable on the stand.Is there a better way to jack it up... ?Their is a "bung" in front of the RH side footpeg that you jack it up on.