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Bought a Penske Rear Shock
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<blockquote data-quote="Road_Runner" data-source="post: 1465202" data-attributes="member: 28288"><p>Thank you very much for the replies! Now that I know what shock I have (thanks eacapefjrtist), I will download the manual from Penske for more information and to set it up. </p><p></p><p>Thanks for the suggestion BkerChuck about going straight to Penske for the rebuild. I may reach out to them. That would be awesome Coachpilot if they would swap it out for free... Thanks for suggesting that.</p><p></p><p>Per the chart here: <a href="https://www.penskeshocks.com/hubfs/Resources/Tech%20Sheets/PENSKE-SPRING-APPLICATION-CHART.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.penskeshocks.com/hubfs/Resources/Tech Sheets/PENSKE-SPRING-APPLICATION-CHART.pdf</a></p><p>Penske recommends the 900# rate for my weight on the FJR, with 850# right on the border of my weight. I suspect that due to this being a high-performance application, the spring rate advertised may be on the high side for average riding. </p><p></p><p>Out of my communications with Traxxion, Dan said they would... "set the valving up for you as well, and dyno tune and send it back all set to good baseline." I am not sure if this means that the shock is rebuilt differently based on the anticipated rider weight and spring rate, or is it just a matter of adjustment after the rebuild(?) I suspect that it is rebuilt the same no matter the spring rate, but I will reach back out to Dan to clarify.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Road_Runner, post: 1465202, member: 28288"] Thank you very much for the replies! Now that I know what shock I have (thanks eacapefjrtist), I will download the manual from Penske for more information and to set it up. Thanks for the suggestion BkerChuck about going straight to Penske for the rebuild. I may reach out to them. That would be awesome Coachpilot if they would swap it out for free... Thanks for suggesting that. Per the chart here: [URL='https://www.penskeshocks.com/hubfs/Resources/Tech%20Sheets/PENSKE-SPRING-APPLICATION-CHART.pdf']https://www.penskeshocks.com/hubfs/Resources/Tech Sheets/PENSKE-SPRING-APPLICATION-CHART.pdf[/URL] Penske recommends the 900# rate for my weight on the FJR, with 850# right on the border of my weight. I suspect that due to this being a high-performance application, the spring rate advertised may be on the high side for average riding. Out of my communications with Traxxion, Dan said they would... "set the valving up for you as well, and dyno tune and send it back all set to good baseline." I am not sure if this means that the shock is rebuilt differently based on the anticipated rider weight and spring rate, or is it just a matter of adjustment after the rebuild(?) I suspect that it is rebuilt the same no matter the spring rate, but I will reach back out to Dan to clarify. [/QUOTE]
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