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Okay, has anyone out there disassembled a Progressive 416-1633 ? I've got two of these on the rear of my 93 leaking oil. I thought they were air shocks only since they both connect to the bike air pump, however when I took them off I discovered they seem to have internal springs. I managed to compress one a bit using a couple turnbuckles juried up with a couple pieces of rod stock. A little research showed that the -1633 have super heavy springs, -1623 have heavy duty and -1613 have the lightest springs. Seems like this was mentioned before in this forum or another, but I'd forgotten.
Finally wrestled the circlip off the thing. Had to make up a clip ring tool out of an old pair of pliers and a couple pins made out of welding rod. Drilled a couple holes in the sides of the plier jaws and inserted pins made out of welding rod. Too cheap to buy a larger internal ring plier. I hooked it back up to the bike and put 70lbs of air into it but so far nothing has budged. I'ts in a bucket with a towel tied over the top to keep thing in one place. Hopefully keeping that pressure on it overnight might get it to move.
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Okay, has anyone out there disassembled a Progressive 416-1633 ? I've got two of these on the rear of my 93 leaking oil. I thought they were air shocks only since they both connect to the bike air pump, however when I took them off I discovered they seem to have internal springs. I managed to compress one a bit using a couple turnbuckles juried up with a couple pieces of rod stock. A little research showed that the -1633 have super heavy springs, -1623 have heavy duty and -1613 have the lightest springs. Seems like this was mentioned before in this forum or another, but I'd forgotten.
Finally wrestled the circlip off the thing. Had to make up a clip ring tool out of an old pair of pliers and a couple pins made out of welding rod. Drilled a couple holes in the sides of the plier jaws and inserted pins made out of welding rod. Too cheap to buy a larger internal ring plier. I hooked it back up to the bike and put 70lbs of air into it but so far nothing has budged. I'ts in a bucket with a towel tied over the top to keep thing in one place. Hopefully keeping that pressure on it overnight might get it to move.
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