Rear Shock swivels

Foodey

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• Dec 4, 2017

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Hi all, I'm new to the world of GS's and just cleaned my 3k miles bike and noticed two loose items;

- the rear shock (the whole unit) moves (swivels) horizontally about 20mm. Is this right?
- the gear shift lever has more play in it that I would expect, from its mounting point. Is this right?

Any help greatly appreciated.

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Nick

 

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• Dec 4, 2017

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Rear shock swivel is surprisingly normal.

There's a spring washer thing behind the lever to keep it tight but there is some movement in it.

 

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• Dec 4, 2017

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Rear shock - normal.
Gear lever play - is that up/down movement play? Then normal. If play in the shaft, then not normal and good to get it checked.

K

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Thank-you very much, that's good to hear. I've got a few bikes, but non have any rear shock movement, so it was a surprise when it moved quite freely!

I will see if I can tighten the gear shift nut, but again, theirs more play in that than I'm used to.

 

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• Dec 5, 2017

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Foodey said:

Thank-you very much, that's good to hear. I've got a few bikes, but non have any rear shock movement, so it was a surprise when it moved quite freely!

I will see if I can tighten the gear shift nut, but again, theirs more play in that than I'm used to.

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Like you I was surprised at the amount of movement in the rear shock compared to other bikes. It’s just the swivel in the mounting bushes.



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• Dec 11, 2017

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The free play in the shock can often be felt as a knocking from the rear when on uneven roads. I tried putting a couple of rubber O rings on either side of the mount to act as bump stops but they don't seem to have stopped the knocking.

 

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• Dec 11, 2017

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Have a look at around 3:35 on this video. it should put your mind at rest about the shock at least https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L54m78g9Rc&t=310s

 

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• Dec 21, 2017

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Great info thanks, cleaned mine today and ACF50'd it and noticed that all normal then