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·I tried to raise the ride height on my S4 ('01) this weekend and had a little problem. The top lock-nut came loose easily, but the bottom one (of course the one that's hard to get to) seems to be very tight. I figured it may have bonded to the shaft a bit since the shaft seems to be aluminum and the locknut looks to be carbon-steel.
Anyway, the next plan of attack I came up with was to back out the bottom shock mount (a shaft that comes out through the right hand side of the swing arm), but ran out of time. Looks like the best way to do this is suspend the rear end of the bike (tie downs to a ceiling beam in my garage) and back out that shock mount until the ride height strut is free and I can swing it up a bit into a position where I can get more leverage on it.
Has anyone run into this before? Am I on the right path here? Is there a short-cut or better way of doing this? Also, once I get the nut free, how much thread is in there for adjustment (... how much can I increase the rear ride height and still have enough tread imbedded for the strut to be safely connected)?
TX -- SB
Anyway, the next plan of attack I came up with was to back out the bottom shock mount (a shaft that comes out through the right hand side of the swing arm), but ran out of time. Looks like the best way to do this is suspend the rear end of the bike (tie downs to a ceiling beam in my garage) and back out that shock mount until the ride height strut is free and I can swing it up a bit into a position where I can get more leverage on it.
Has anyone run into this before? Am I on the right path here? Is there a short-cut or better way of doing this? Also, once I get the nut free, how much thread is in there for adjustment (... how much can I increase the rear ride height and still have enough tread imbedded for the strut to be safely connected)?
TX -- SB