Rear plunger removal

Thanks Richard, Iâll order one of these

Previously ian_soady wrote:

That's the correct way. The units will expand by about 3" when the springs are relaxed so make sure you have enough thread on the rod. I cut two penny washers to a D shape with the flat edge going close to the central hole, and used an old box spanner as a spacer to give easier tightening of the nut.

Don't under any circumstances try to remove the unit without using the central threaded bar to compress it - there's a hell of a lot of force locked up in those springs and teeth, fingers etc could easily be lost. It is a fairly scary procedure even with the bar.......

The central bearer bar was immovably seized into the slider on one side of mine and I had to cut through the top shroud then use an angle grinder to cut through the bearer bar to get that side off. I had a new bar made by a very helpful ex-toolmaker.

Thanks for this, I understand now. The shock gets displaced laterally a bit, just enough to slip a rod and washer/ spacer on either end, but displace too much and the shock explodes across the garage. The D shaped washer is a good idea. I would imagine the bearer bar is quite a tricky bit to machine up with that spiral. Thanks again