24-05-2023, 09:32 AM
Tiger: the shock absorber/damper isn't under any tension, it is just adding general resistance to any bouncing. You can remove that without any jacking etc. Unless perhaps it has been locked tight/siezed for some reason and is stopping the spring from resting, but that sounds unlikely. You can see easily by loosening the central adjusting nut, which you will need to reset for the new spring in ant case.
As Alan says, are you sure you fully did the 'supported the chassis on stands' part of my reply?
If you did have both ends of the spring independently supported, being in effect the chassis and the axel, then by moving the axel up it should be possible to get to a point where the spring is in its natural resting state under no to minimum tension.
if not then definitely time for someone more experienced than me to help out.
Andy
As Alan says, are you sure you fully did the 'supported the chassis on stands' part of my reply?
If you did have both ends of the spring independently supported, being in effect the chassis and the axel, then by moving the axel up it should be possible to get to a point where the spring is in its natural resting state under no to minimum tension.
if not then definitely time for someone more experienced than me to help out.
Andy
Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think!