Thanks. My mechanical knowledge is limited to taking things off and putting them back on. I don’t have a vice or press and I don’t want to remove the inside collar thing because then there would be a gap when I put the shock back in.
I need about 1mm so I’m going to pop it back to Revs on Monday as I’ll be in the area and ask them to press it for me.
Would a vice do the job?
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This clamping sleeve invariably seizes-up, so you need to soak it in WD40 and devise some sort of puller with bolt, spacer, washers etc to pull it back slightly in bore.
In your case, since its the same shock going back, it's probably just the eye needing fully fitted as already metioned, but failing that, the above would sort you out.
When i swop back between my Ohlins and my OEM shock ( for Ohlins servicing) I've got to move the sleeve due to a slight difference in eye width on the two shocks.
Cheers.............................Grizzly
Instead of devising a puller, you could just use an appropriately sized socket as a drift and knock the sleeve out from the outside. Looks to be enough space for it to drop out the space where the shock pivot goes before it hits the other side. Then just drift it back in from the outside again, just not as far, to gain your 1mm. Decent penetrating oil will help.
It possibly would drift through? BUT - any time I've had to move mine it was VERY tight - and I didn't fancy the hammering force on the swing arm casting - it's not easy to support it solidly so that the hammer force does it's job?
A puller is fairly easy to devise - some sort of cup or socket on the outside (to allow clearance for sleeve) and a screw and heavy washer through socket and sleeve from outside then a washer and nut on the inside. Tighten screw and nut together and hopefully sleeve will move slightly - enough to fit shock?
Cheers....................Grizzly
Copper grease is your friend when you reassemble it.