Front Spring Spacers

[spacetiger]

But here goes. Mark, spacetigher is right. Move the one spacer to match the location in the coils like the other spacer. Use a jack to raise one or both sides of the spyder to remove the spring pressure. Use a piece of plastic or small wooden tool to pry the spacer away from the spring to make the spacer easy to move. Dawn dish soap makes the job much easier. I've remove and installed mine more than once to test the ride and handling. They are not difficult to remove and replace. If you don't think the spacers help to improve handling, then remove them and see how you like the ride. I have many thousands of miles on my spyder with those spacers installed and I've never had a problem with them at all.

I was hoping someone would do this...

Best free option to try before the harder stuff. There, no beating.

Jerry

 

[Lew L]

Doc's spring stifferers.

I have Doc's stiffeners and along with a stiffer anti-sway bar I really like the responsive, more precise handling since these additions. I'm not a heavy as some here ( about a buck 80 with gear on) but I have lots of mountain passes that are ridden each summer, spring and fall. Wishing "nanny" could be adjusted like on many sport bikes.

Lew L

 

[mark4Jesus]

Took the rubber spacers out yesterday and went for a little curvy ride today. The front does move more into a turn, but not a huge difference. I have BajaRon's sway bar, so I am sure that helps a lot. It is a much more comfortable ride overall. With the spacers in, it was very stiff over bump and road imperfections and could be a little harsh. Without them it is much softer over the bumps, etc. I suppose it is a tradeoff.

 

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

THOSE SPRING THINGS

Took the rubber spacers out yesterday and went for a little curvy ride today. The front does move more into a turn, but not a huge difference. I have BajaRon's sway bar, so I am sure that helps a lot. It is a much more comfortable ride overall. With the spacers in, it was very stiff over bump and road imperfections and could be a little harsh. Without them it is much softer over the bumps, etc. I suppose it is a tradeoff.

Another solution is in my post # 8, on this subject ..... I see you have read it already, so I won't re-type it ..... Mike :thumbup:

 

[mark4Jesus]

Another solution is in my post # 8, on this subject ..... I see you have read it already, so I won't re-type it ..... Mike :thumbup:

Is that Pitbull Powersports? I tried to get on their website and couldn't. Is it still available?

P.S. Physics doesn't give me a headache. I'm a techie guy.

 

[spydernatic]

Mark,

I don't want to take a sale away from anyone, but you should consider all your options before putting the cash out. There are so many options out there and confusion about the different "solutions".

- Some riders like devises that increase the preload on the oem spring. If you are slightly heavier than the oem springs can handle, then preload spacers might work for you.

- Some riders like the devise you currently have on your bike. These coil isolaters also use the oem spring but by isolating 1 or 2 coils, you can stiffen up your oem spring. This option can increase your total capacity (shock bottoming) more than a preload spacer. The only downside with isolating more than 1 coil is it forces the remaining coils to handle the greater load. The spring will wear out at some point losing some of its stiffness.




- Then there is the option to buy expensive shocks with the potential for stiffer springs on the aftermarket shocks. This is the most expensive option to stiffen up the suspension.



- And then there is my favorite option... just change the springs. They cost about $85 a spring, so about $170 to swap out the springs. Here are 2 pics of the springs I put on the oem fox shocks; before and after. In the after, you can see the difference between the fox and oem ST shock. Let me know if you need help going this route.

I am interested in changing my springs as you have suggested on my 2017 RT as I feel they are to soft for my kind of riding I looked at both Eibach and one other but do not know the size/ dimensions of them would you have that for me as I see you did yours......thanks