> My aluminum beast has shocks that look they have adjustable
> spring preload. The entire shock body is threaded like a giant
> bolt, and the spring seats to a giant threaded "washer" on the
> shock, which has another smaller threaded "lock washer" to hold
> it into place. It looks like one could adjust the preload on the
> spring by loosening the lock washer and tightening (or loosening)
> the main washer, then lock it down to the new position by
> tightening the lockwasher against it.
Yes.
> I've never seen this before on a shock. Is this a normal thing?
Yes.
> Is there a name for it? It says it has "coilover" shocks -- is
> that what this is called?
Yes.
> And how hard is it to adjust these
> puppies -- do you have to remove the shocks? The rear ones look
> like they'd be hard to access. Maybe if I just took the wheels
> off I could reach them easily.
Depends on application. BTW, there are several "common" sizes for the ID and
length of the spring, making it easy to exchange springs of different rates.
The size I'm familiar with is a 2.5" ID and 8" length, but I believe there are
several common ones.
KeS
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