theomo Posted October 8, 2012 Report Share Posted October 8, 2012 I purchased this shock to replace my old nackered one, looked absolute spot on when I recieved it. Fitted it, went on absolute fine, dropped the bike off the stand to find this ring floating about! I'm a noob when it comes to shocks, I cannot find an exploded diagram or any information atall on this model of shock. The seller is telling me it's just a dust cover/seal, but I'm not so sure. Can anyone shed some light on this? Is the shock nackered? Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sting32 Posted October 8, 2012 Report Share Posted October 8, 2012 (edited) Im not all that knowledgeable on shocks, but my "BEST" bet is, that this is the DUST seal at least, otherwise you would have lost oil and any dampening (shock absorbing) and it would ride like a pogo stick. It probably has some kind of crimp that held it onto the end of the shock reservoir? I'd take the shock back off and see if you can't get it back into place. If you bought the shock "retail" or ebay, return it, let them fix it. Edited October 8, 2012 by sting32 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spenser Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 It is in fact the dust seal. You should be able to get it back into position without removing the shock, it press fits into the body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sting32 Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 I was suggesting take it back off so he could see what is going on, mostly. might need to adjust it a little to make it clamp like it is supposed to, without hurting anything else (being awkward to work laying on floor looking up through frame of the bike, while doing this for the 1st time and all... YMMV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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