pedwards89

The bike pretty new (12 months), so crud shouldn't be an issue. That said, I have given it a good dose of WD40, see what the morning brings. Unfortunately, the collar is shouldered into the mounting boss, so I can't make a puller of the type you suggest. I've even tried getting warm (Not hot cos' it's Painted) & pulling it out with alligator pliers, but no luck. It really is an awful bit of design work. Thanks for the ideas though.

I'm trying to remove the rear shock to replace it with a lowering shock. Common wisdom seems to be that you just unbolt it top & bottom & it comes out. Done that. I just can't disengage the bottom end. It 'appears' there is a collar which runs between the bosses, which I'm guessing should slide through the bottom eye. I can't turn or move in any direction the exposed end of the collar. There isn't room on the chain side to punch it back through the bosses. I'm stuck! Anybody got any ideas