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Hi folks

Changing a rear shock mount easy or hard job?

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If you mean the rear shock absorber it's just a matter of the two nuts, take the weight off the unit and pull it off evenly at both ends. Put some copper or normal grease on the mounting before you fit the new one.
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Thgink he may mean the Mount on the Casing ? if so i believe its Pressed in ? never done it myselkf but heard it can be done ?
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Toddy wrote: Wed May 06, 2020 5:49 am Thgink he may mean the Mount on the Casing ? if so i believe its Pressed in ? never done it myselkf but heard it can be done ?
That’s the one Toddy, so it sounds like it needs to be pressed out also?
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cgt75b wrote: Wed May 06, 2020 9:03 am
Toddy wrote: Wed May 06, 2020 5:49 am Thgink he may mean the Mount on the Casing ? if so i believe its Pressed in ? never done it myselkf but heard it can be done ?
That’s the one Toddy, so it sounds like it needs to be pressed out also?
Yes it does ive seen somewhere on the web how someone did it cant find it though :(
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I had a casing mount decide to come out of it's own accord. No real damage done as I was wearing brown corduroys @ the time. (It was in the 70's)

It was pressed back in far too easily, so was tapped & a big bolt fitted. We'd have probably used Loctite if the same were to occur today.

That all leads me to conclude that they are a press fit, but not a heavy interference fit & a big part of ensuring retention is the riveting of the head once fitted, though the fitting of a fastener is probably as good.

I hope that helps :)
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Warkton Tornado No.1 wrote: Thu May 07, 2020 1:40 pm I had a casing mount decide to come out of it's own accord. No real damage done as I was wearing brown corduroys @ the time. (It was in the 70's)

It was pressed back in far too easily, so was tapped & a big bolt fitted. We'd have probably used Loctite if the same were to occur today.

That all leads me to conclude that they are a press fit, but not a heavy interference fit & a big part of ensuring retention is the riveting of the head once fitted, though the fitting of a fastener is probably as good.

I hope that helps :)

That is nearly as much help as the first reply lol
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Warkton Tornado No.1 wrote: Thu May 07, 2020 1:40 pm I had a casing mount decide to come out of it's own accord. No real damage done as I was wearing brown corduroys @ the time. (It was in the 70's)

It was pressed back in far too easily, so was tapped & a big bolt fitted. We'd have probably used Loctite if the same were to occur today.

That all leads me to conclude that they are a press fit, but not a heavy interference fit & a big part of ensuring retention is the riveting of the head once fitted, though the fitting of a fastener is probably as good.

I hope that helps :)
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cgt75b wrote: Tue May 05, 2020 6:40 pm Hi folks

Changing a rear shock mount easy or hard job?

Opinions please.

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cgt75b wrote: Thu May 07, 2020 5:59 pm
Warkton Tornado No.1 wrote: Thu May 07, 2020 1:40 pm I had a casing mount decide to come out of it's own accord. No real damage done as I was wearing brown corduroys @ the time. (It was in the 70's)

It was pressed back in far too easily, so was tapped & a big bolt fitted. We'd have probably used Loctite if the same were to occur today.

That all leads me to conclude that they are a press fit, but not a heavy interference fit & a big part of ensuring retention is the riveting of the head once fitted, though the fitting of a fastener is probably as good.

I hope that helps :)

That is nearly as much help as the first reply lol
Am I missing the point, somehow, in expressing my opinion as requested?

"That all leads me to conclude that they are a press fit, but not a heavy interference fit"

My apologies if my opinion was not quantified, but back then, I had no access to an hydraulic press with a pressure gauge.

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Thanks for all the replies.
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