I wonder if anyone else has had this problem. I would be riding in a group and another rider would tell me my spyder didn't look right going down the road. I admit it seemed a little funny with the steering, but I laid that to being new and my not being used to a different type ride,so I assumed that they were ribbing me because I wasn't as steady as I should have been. I also had the same heat problems as all the other riders so purchased the cat shields. We installed them Sat morning and when I jacked up the rear found that the factory had not installed one of the bushings that keep the shock centered on the bolt. The inner bushing was wadded to the side and the shock was all the way over to the driver side. We forced the shock back to the right position and the rear attitude of the bike changed, and what a difference in ride till it went back over to the driver side. Called my dealer, and they have ordered the bushing to replace all if them. So maybe there are others out there with similar problem. Just saying...
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Rear shock on 2011 RT
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Well I guess the lesson for me is that I should have gone over it myself, but all the bikes I've ever had I never ck'd on delivery, oh well they are going to fix it but that takes riding time away
Well I guess the lesson for me is that I should have gone over it myself, but all the bikes I've ever had I never ck'd on delivery, oh well they are going to fix it but that takes riding time away
MouthPiece
Banged Up Member
So will no response to this question either mean that no one has read this thread, no one has had this problem or that they have read this thread and have decided not to answer? I for one have not had this problem.
Chris
RT shock
I hope that mine was the only one that came thru this way. Course maybe others are going to ck theirs when they get a moment. Glad yours is correct
I hope that mine was the only one that came thru this way. Course maybe others are going to ck theirs when they get a moment. Glad yours is correct
redfox
New member
I was there when the poster discovered this on his RT. I'll bet that shock was centered when it came through the dealership and shifted after it got a few miles on it on the road. Without the spacer bushing on one side it probably stayed centered for just a little while. It would have been real easy for the dealer not to have caught it when it came out of the box if it was still centered then. It's BRP's lack of QC that bothers me. 3 of us bought these in town this year. Mine leaked anti-freeze as did another with clamp problems. One did not have the rear hand grips pluged in under the battery cover panel one came with a defective battery that caused problems from day one and has now been replaced. .. and one now has this shock problem.
RT shock
I can just imagine that woke you up, then to have the replacement shock go also...bummer... I've heard of quite a few shock failures but not like you had
I can just imagine that woke you up, then to have the replacement shock go also...bummer... I've heard of quite a few shock failures but not like you had
Rear shock 2011 RT
That's a good possibility, Thanks, I think I will see if they have done that re-calibration
That's a good possibility, Thanks, I think I will see if they have done that re-calibration
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
It is my outside-looking-in opinion, without having suffered a shock failure, that many of these are caused by the shock topping out repeatedly. Too much air pressure in a manual system, or too high a setting on the automatic rear suspension could do that, especially on rough road. Improper ACS calibration could, too. Warranty Campaign 2010-006 had a revised ACS calibration procedure, as well as a warning against overfilling the manual suspensions. If the dealer does not do the ACS calibration by the new procedure, failure of the shock is more likely.
ThreeWheels
Active member
All very true, but I'm working on my fourth OEM shock, and I'm confident the ACS calibration was done correctly.
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
There could well be other factors, but your situation is not the norm. There have been others with repeated failures, but not many. Most RT owners have had no failures at all, since the ACS calibration issue was satisfied and the shock engineering was changed. There has to be a common reason for the handful of continuing failures. The problem lies in identifying it.
To much?
Well, my RT is a manual fill air bag and I always run 70psi two up and if loading up with gear put 80psi. They say the rear air has a max of 100psi and I am not that high and BRP has not warned me other then max pressure. I had heard a noise guess it was topping out but only about 2-3 times. If that is a problem then we should be told by BRP about that. I find a firm suspension is better for me. I have seen a RTS with only 24psi in the rear and the owner liked it, a Buick ride I guess.
Well, my RT is a manual fill air bag and I always run 70psi two up and if loading up with gear put 80psi. They say the rear air has a max of 100psi and I am not that high and BRP has not warned me other then max pressure. I had heard a noise guess it was topping out but only about 2-3 times. If that is a problem then we should be told by BRP about that. I find a firm suspension is better for me. I have seen a RTS with only 24psi in the rear and the owner liked it, a Buick ride I guess.
