Removal of the Breva V 1100 rear shock absorber?

[GrahamNZ]

Will someone please outline the procedure for removal of the rear shock absorber. I asked this question elsewhere but I really need the information so I'm starting this thread.

Removal of the top mounting bolt is obvious, as is disconnecting the bottom mounting from the rising rate linkage. What is less clear to me is if the preload adjusting knob has to be removed and if the shock can be removed without having to remove the battery box etc?

[Martin]

I had my springs changed here at HyperPro, helped a bit with removing the rearshock. It's just a bit turning and twisting to get it out. You don't have to remove other parts, only removing the knob it self makes it a bit easyer.
Succes!

[draidt]

Graham

Instructions should be in here some where

http://www.guzzitech.com/MGGriso/Manual ... Manual.pdf

[GT-Rx]

Turn the pre-load knob all the way in, then be sure to catch the small steel indexing ball-bearing as you remove the knob. Raise the swing-arm slightly, and turn the shock to match the angle of the swing-arm as you move it downwards. When done right, it will fall out.

[GrahamNZ]

Thanks for the replies.

Martin
Are you sure the preload knob doesn't need to be removed? Did your shock come out via the left side?

Todd
Are you sure that the preload knob needs to be removed? The screw holding the knob is reluctant to undo and very soft so I'd need to drill the head off to remove the knob.
If the rising rate linkage is removed could the shock come out the bottom?
It's a five hour ride each way to the suspension shop where it'll be my task to remove and refit the shock, so I want to be sure I'm on top of the job before I go there. It'll also be my task to remove the fork legs, but I'm used to doing that.

draidt
I have the manual and it's silent on rear shock removal.

[Martin]

I think Todd's discription is accurate. It's removed downwards, and a second pair of hands is recommended. It was a bit of a puzzle.
As far as I remember it took about an hour for the complete operation. (front and rear).

[GrahamNZ]

Step one today - try to remove the screw securing the rear shock's preload adjuster knob. No way would the screw undo, despite the usual encouragements, so the next step involved surgery. Drill off the screw head, remove the knob, saving the spring-loaded detent ball, use a screw-extractor to remove the remaining screw body which had been fitted using Loctite then re-tap the hole M5. Now the knob is retained by an M5x10mm SS in-hex cap screw. This is not a side-of-the-road task!

Thanks for your advice Todd.

[GT-Rx]

Todd
Are you sure that the preload knob needs to be removed? If the rising rate linkage is removed could the shock come out the bottom?

It does, and yes the shock comes out of the bottom with the linkage unbolted and swung out of the way. I have a angled piece of wood to raise the swing-arm with the wheel still in place, to allow just the perfect amount of space for the shock to drop out of the bottom (of the swing-arm) and onto the bench. Bill H (& Wayne O) had posted a how-to here a few years ago, but the pic links are long gone, and it would take me forever to dig them up. I'm doing a shock swap on my Norge tomorrow, so I'll photo-document and post here.

[Bill Hagan]

Todd
Are you sure that the preload knob needs to be removed? If the rising rate linkage is removed could the shock come out the bottom?

It does, and yes the shock comes out of the bottom with the linkage unbolted and swung out of the way. I have a angled piece of wood to raise the swing-arm with the wheel still in place, to allow just the perfect amount of space for the shock to drop out of the bottom (of the swing-arm) and onto the bench. Bill H (& Wayne O) had posted a how-to here a few years ago, but the pic links are long gone, and it would take me forever to dig them up. I'm doing a shock swap on my Norge tomorrow, so I'll photo-document and post here.

Todd, did you ever do that, i.e., post the pix and instructions?

I am going to pull the Norge's HyperPro to have it rebuilt. Understand the instructions, above, but executing same in doubt.

I searched this site, and the above was best I could find.

FWIW ... and it's little except for showing that don't need to remove exhaust or airbox, here's my slideshow of the job on my Norge. That was some time ago and Wayne did it ... I just handed him tools like an OR nurse and fixed him lunch:

http://tinyurl.com/HNorge-HyperPro-Install

As I just told John Z in a PM, think I'll invite a local ride/wrench over for a beer ... and trap him down here.

Bill

[GT-Rx]

Bill, since the HP doesn't have the pre-load knob on it, remove the bolts and it will fall out once you swing the lower dogleg out of the way. There should be plenty of pics here on the site.