rear shock question

[sr975j]

on the rear shock of a 00 srambler 400, can you adjust the spring to make it sit higher or lower? right now, my spring is all the way loose and with me on it, it sits really low in the rear end...can i tighten that rear spring up to make it ride a little higher?

Sam

[rkuhnjr]

Tightening the spring will increase riding height as it will not compress as much but overall height it will have no effect on

[sr975j]

i know that but how do i adjust it? i i did some reading and heard you can adjust it with some big channel locks....is there a better method than that?

Sam

[rkuhnjr]

Assuming your shock is adjustable which it should be you will see an adjuster of some sort at the bottom or top of the spring itself that has teeth you turn that until it sits in the groove that compresses the spring the most if it looks like this one.

It may just be threaded though in which case you just tighten it like a nut until its at its desired compression.

The right tool would be a shock adjustment tool, they are fairly universal, a good spanner wrench would probably work to, channel locks and/or a pipe wrench would work too but you will mar up the adjustment nut.

Here is a pic that shows how you would do it with the proper tool