Friday, July 26, 2013

Roxy: Shocking

Took the brand new rear shocks that I bought for the project bike and put them onto the '64.  Pretty straight-forward.  One odd thing was that for the right shock, I added back the metal sleeve that went inside the rubber and that fit the mounting bolt perfectly.  But the left shock was too large in diameter so I had to leave the metal sleeve off.  Not sure why the 2 sides were different, but I suspect it's the right side that has been altered.


The old shock.



The new shock.



Finally, I really wanted to switch out the old acorn nuts (right) with some shiny new ones I had (left).  But the old ones were a lot beefier.  Not sure if that matters or not, but figured I'd just play it safe for now and leave the old ones on.


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