[pete]

Originally Posted by Its_not_a_honda

The rear shock is a piece of crap. Nothing I have done makes one bit of difference. I finally took the spring off to get some measurements for a new spring. I found that the shock would not rebound. I would compress slowly as you would expect. The rebound would require me to put the shock in a vice and pull with everything I had to even get it to move. I have posted on here several times about the shock but have not got a response. I bought a shock for another china bike.

That sounds about right..... you are pulling with a few pounds the spring is pulling
with hundreds of pounds... if you were able to pull it open fast it would be unable
to damp the return force of the spring..

on the forks another place to look at is the piston head on the damping rods if the nylon
ring/ware seal is not a tight fit the oil can by-pass and not all go though the damping rods...
years ago on my IT465 I machined a second groove in the head & put a O-ring in it..

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