just about finished another Mod to my Stelvio . . .
Bought a BMW Rear Shock for another (long term) project a while ago, it has both Compression and Rebound adjusters.
When it arrived, I looked at it, then at my Stelvio, then back at the Shock . . .
It's approx 13mm longer than the Stelvio item, it almost went straight in, but it would have lifted the rear too much (Shaft Angles), and the Spring fouled on the Arm, so I decided to make another Link.
Turned and Milled from a 152mm Dia x 50mm Thick piece of Alloy Bar.
(The equivalent piece of flat Plate required would have been twice the cost oddly).
Bought new Bearings (going up a size on the centre ones), my originals were shot, despite having stripped, cleaned and re-greased them all not long ago!
Bearings and Bushes are 'generic', not from Guzzi, so cheaper, but the Bushes are thin-walled, and only available in certain lengths, hence the Alloy 'Adaptors' I had to make.
Just waiting on the Seals now.
Going with plain O-Rings, the seals are available from Industrial Bearing stockists, but are still too expensive for my liking £5+ each.
with the Grease Nipples fitted, I can keep them well fed with Lube!
The off-cut from the large section I used for the Link is enough to make the front section of an adjustable Link-Arm assembly, which I'll probably do at some point as well, will allow me to 'tweak' the ride-height if needed, plus it's another excuse to make something of course . . .
Bought a BMW Rear Shock for another (long term) project a while ago, it has both Compression and Rebound adjusters.
When it arrived, I looked at it, then at my Stelvio, then back at the Shock . . .
It's approx 13mm longer than the Stelvio item, it almost went straight in, but it would have lifted the rear too much (Shaft Angles), and the Spring fouled on the Arm, so I decided to make another Link.
Turned and Milled from a 152mm Dia x 50mm Thick piece of Alloy Bar.
(The equivalent piece of flat Plate required would have been twice the cost oddly).
Bought new Bearings (going up a size on the centre ones), my originals were shot, despite having stripped, cleaned and re-greased them all not long ago!
Bearings and Bushes are 'generic', not from Guzzi, so cheaper, but the Bushes are thin-walled, and only available in certain lengths, hence the Alloy 'Adaptors' I had to make.
Just waiting on the Seals now.
Going with plain O-Rings, the seals are available from Industrial Bearing stockists, but are still too expensive for my liking £5+ each.
with the Grease Nipples fitted, I can keep them well fed with Lube!
The off-cut from the large section I used for the Link is enough to make the front section of an adjustable Link-Arm assembly, which I'll probably do at some point as well, will allow me to 'tweak' the ride-height if needed, plus it's another excuse to make something of course . . .