ohlins

[giokas]

me and my friend we have installed an ohlins shock absorber at the rear end of our bikes.
if anyone knows we have the following question At the top side of the shock absorber there is a lock ring the hydraulic adjustment mechanism and the spring. at the hydraulic adjustment mechanism there is a lock pin that protruds from and extends upwards thus preventing the lock ring from turning.
Does this lock pin has to be removed in order for the hydraulic meckanism to move the spring up or down?
the lock pin is a tught fit and cannot be removed by hand
the frond shock has two lock ring, you have to unscrew the first in order to adjust the second. is it similar with the rear schock?
and if it is , the lock ring must be slackend consequently the lock pin has to be removed and reinstalled so confused!
also please can you tell me wich is the normal adjustmend (frond and rear clicks )for the lt
thank you!!

[dshealey]

me and my friend we have installed an ohlins shock absorber at the rear end of our bikes.
if anyone knows we have the following question At the top side of the shock absorber there is a lock ring the hydraulic adjustment mechanism and the spring. at the hydraulic adjustment mechanism there is a lock pin that protruds from and extends upwards thus preventing the lock ring from turning.
Does this lock pin has to be removed in order for the hydraulic meckanism to move the spring up or down?
the lock pin is a tught fit and cannot be removed by hand
the frond shock has two lock ring, you have to unscrew the first in order to adjust the second. is it similar with the rear schock?
and if it is , the lock ring must be slackend consequently the lock pin has to be removed and reinstalled so confused!
also please can you tell me wich is the normal adjustmend (frond and rear clicks )for the lt
thank you!!

The only normal adjustment on the rear shock is by turning the knob at the bottom of the shock. You cannot normally adjust the spring pre-load except for using the knob on the hydraulic adjuster.

However, I wanted a little more spring pre-load on my shocks, and as you say, you can unlock the nuts on the front one to do so. I finally got the pin out of the rear one, and found that one still cannot turn the nut down, as it hits something else. I did find that you can turn the whole shock end though, and got it adjusted down about another 5MM, which was just right for me.