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81 550L and Sonic Springs

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I have a set of Sonic springs (and Hagons :D) coming in the mail for my 550L tomorrow. I have it all disassembled so I can get everything buttoned up after I get home from work. I took off the top caps and the clip, and removed the two springs (small and large) and washer from each fork. Is there supposed to be a stock spacer that comes out along with it? In Basscliff's tutorial he mentions it but doesn't show a picture and looking in the parts fiche for my bike doesn't help much either.

If anyone has used these springs in L forks, how much of a spacer did you end up running? It probably wouldn't need anything in the regular forks but the L ones are longer. I tried searching but I wasn't able to find much info.
 
Toasty said:
I have a set of Sonic springs (and Hagons :D) coming in the mail for my 550L tomorrow. I have it all disassembled so I can get everything buttoned up after I get home from work. I took off the top caps and the clip, and removed the two springs (small and large) and washer from each fork. Is there supposed to be a stock spacer that comes out along with it? In Basscliff's tutorial he mentions it but doesn't show a picture and looking in the parts fiche for my bike doesn't help much either.

If anyone has used these springs in L forks, how much of a spacer did you end up running? It probably wouldn't need anything in the regular forks but the L ones are longer. I tried searching but I wasn't able to find much info.
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New springs fit ok? Get it all put together?
 
Toasty said:
Is there supposed to be a stock spacer that comes out along with it? In Basscliff's tutorial he mentions it but doesn't show a picture and looking in the parts fiche for my bike doesn't help much either.
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Keep in mind that BassCliff did his tutorial based on his 850, you are working on a 550. Yes, they are different.


Toasty said:
If anyone has used these springs in L forks, how much of a spacer did you end up running?
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That might get you in the ballpark, but it's best to measure the "sag" on YOUR bike and make the proper adjustments for YOU.


Toasty said:
It probably wouldn't need anything in the regular forks but the L ones are longer. I tried searching but I wasn't able to find much info.
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You can't really make assumptions based on the outer length of the forks.

I have not browsed any of the parts fiche, but it's possible that the damper rod that is insde, at the bottom of the fork, might be longer on the L forks. That could mean that the springs (and any spacers) would be the same, only the damper rods would be different. Just guessing, I don't know for sure. :o

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