2021 Seat and Trunk Shock Replacement - Done (Easily)!

[Drwerner]

I have done a lot of work on the bike - and although it's really not bad bike to work on, I just didn't feel like doing what I thought would be a PIA job replacing the trunk and shock seat. I had the parts, but why do today what I can put off till tomorrow, right?

But a trunk rack and seat pad and Misty Mountain Sheepskin seat cover means getting gas is a hassle and going in and out of the trunk is problematic when it won't stay open - so yesterday was the day.

Much thankls to Slingmods for another great video that made the trunk job easy - https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q...699B&FORM=VIRE

And thanks to another member for suggesting a long screwdriver to take off the bottom retainer on the seat shock without having to remove any tupperware. All I had to do was remove the driver backrest and take off the passenger seat. My only additional advice is to remove the top seat shock screw first to allow the shock to fall backwards a bit to make access to the bottom retainer clip easier.

Now my trunk stays up properly and so does my seat.

UPDATE:

See here for reference thread - https://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/...98#post1588298 and link to seat shock: https://shop.suspa.com/c16-14870-gas-spring-p334.aspx