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Beat on it w/ a punch or remove the entire shock and do it on a bench.

 

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Unfortunately it's just a stupid design. They could have at least given us a steel shock collar to beat on.

Anyways, to make it spin easier spray the threads w/ WD40 and then jack the bike up a bit to take the pressure off the spring.

Then, you still have to beat the crap out of it and mess it all up. Pick a tool that is as broad as you get so as to spread the load out.

Both of my KTMs have crapped out shock collars.

 

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Their is a "bung" in front of the RH side footpeg that you jack it up on.

 

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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.

Good thinking!!!

 

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I think your confused on how to do this.

Leave the bike on the kickstand. Then jack it up near the right side foot peg where it's leaning up on the kickstand.

To get the front tire off do the same but put the jack under the front of the engine.

I have been doing this for years on all kinds of bikes and it always works well.