Ohlins rear shock overhaul

[gazza]

Hi to all

I was out on the bike on the weekend playing around with the compression/rebound and was wondering how often the shock should be overhauled.I think i read somewhere that Ohlins recommend every 7000kms but thats getting a bit ridiculous. What do you think??

Regards

Gazza

 

[road runner]

gazza

I think I was told every 15,000 miles, but I did mine at 30,000 miles (2 years). It was definitely due. At that mileage the dampening would go away as it got hot. I had to keep adjusting it every hour.

 

[Aasland]

Did mine at about 40k, and it needed it

 

[SkooterG]

I've seen manufacturers specify in the 15,000 - 25,000 miles range for a rebuild.

Pfffft! :finger:

My last Wilbers rebuild had 190,000 miles total on the shock, and 125,000 miles since the previous rebuild. The guy rebuilding it said he had never seen one so dirty and worn. He had to replace some parts he normally doesn't. He told me ideally I would get it rebuilt every 30,000 miles, but knew I wouldn't do that so he made me promise to have it done every 50,000 miles. Which reminds me, I'm only about 1,000 miles away from it being due for a rebuild again.

 

[Canadian FJR]

I went 50,000 km and it was well overdue. They told me that they were going to charge me extra because the oil smelled so bad when they opened it, it stunk the shop up. :huh:

Canadian FJR

 

[bigdyno]

Ohlins says 30,000km for street riding, max 20 hours for racing. I guess it would depend on your riding/cargo/1 up vs 2 up etc. The longer you leave it, the more it will cost.

Here is a link to the manual:

https://www.ohlins.com/Products/OwnersManuals/OM_07241-02.pdf

There are two shocks available, not sure which you have but they both have the same service intervals.