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| Author: | JBACE [ Fri Feb 23, 2007 10:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Help with fork spring lengths |
Why are Race Tech and Eibach fork spring free lengths different than stock? How could a shorter spring work without making adjustments elsewhere inside the forks? For example: '81 CR450 Stock = 609mm Race Tech = 444mm '81 CR480 Stock = 525mm Race Tech = 472mm '81 CR450 Stock = 581mm Race Tech = 472mm Eibach = 510mm I appreciate if someone can provide some insight. 
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| Author: | redrocket190 [ Fri Feb 23, 2007 10:30 am ] |
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Some Race Tech springs may be shorter to allow for the presence of their extra Emulator valve... |
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| Author: | JBACE [ Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help with fork spring lengths |
JBACE wrote: Why are Race Tech and Eibach fork spring free lengths different than stock? How could a shorter spring work without making adjustments elsewhere inside the forks?
For example: '81 CR450 Stock = 609mm Race Tech = 444mm '82 CR480 Stock = 525mm Race Tech = 472mm '83 CR450 Stock = 581mm Race Tech = 472mm Eibach = 510mm I appreciate if someone can provide some insight. Thanks in advance. Oops! I had the years wrong. They should have been '81, '82, '83. Michael - Thanks for your response. That might be part of it, though the differences vary greatly and seem to be larger than what the valves can account for. It still doesn't make sense for the Eibach. What if I were to fabricate and install a spacer to make up the difference? |
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| Author: | JBACE [ Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:54 pm ] |
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Eibach says to make a delrin spacer to make up the difference. Is this common? 
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