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Originally posted by Jeff@QuadShop
Kara, last time I talked to you said the shocks where great and 100% better than they have ever been. Even when you told me you had a wreck you never even mentioned that it could have been the shocks fault.
With that said, when I first received your shocks I told you that they where wore out and on their last leg and that they had been abused before and never been serviced. I recommended that you buy new shocks but you said that you didn't have enough money which I can totally understand that. I told you that I would do what I can with them. I replaced everything I could with the budget you had, and like you said earlier I gave you a sponsor ship deal and only charged you for the parts but nothing for labor.
The rear shock did blow soon after you received it and I gladly took it back and repaird the seal and said that it was due to wore shaft. Again you said that you didn't have the money to put into them so I just replaced the seals and sent it back at no charge.
Since then, this is the first I've heard that you where having more problems with them.
Kara, last time I talked to you said the shocks where great and 100% better than they have ever been. Even when you told me you had a wreck you never even mentioned that it could have been the shocks fault.
With that said, when I first received your shocks I told you that they where wore out and on their last leg and that they had been abused before and never been serviced. I recommended that you buy new shocks but you said that you didn't have enough money which I can totally understand that. I told you that I would do what I can with them. I replaced everything I could with the budget you had, and like you said earlier I gave you a sponsor ship deal and only charged you for the parts but nothing for labor.
The rear shock did blow soon after you received it and I gladly took it back and repaird the seal and said that it was due to wore shaft. Again you said that you didn't have the money to put into them so I just replaced the seals and sent it back at no charge.
Since then, this is the first I've heard that you where having more problems with them.
yes i thought they were fine when i first got them. They rode different I thought thats what they were supposed to feel like. I have never ridden with proper shocks before. So I figured well everyone else rides them like this so this is how I need to ride. I could also notice changes when I did adjust them so I figured "they must be right." Like I have said before...when I started getting faster I noticed my suspension wasnt so hot for what i was doing. I figured it was just me being picky so I just kept on. But since I have had a couple months down time and time to actually sit down and think what the real problem could be.. I have realized that when I did start getting faster that thats when I had problems with the suspension, because I needed that proper set up. At first I dont think it really harmed me..at the first of the year I was not so bad but I really did work and got a lot faster since then and it really made things different. I didnt want to just go out and tell you "oh I think your shock rebuild was what caused my wreck" I dont think it is your fault so I didnt want to go off and say that. Im just saying right now my shocks arent great for me. I need to know ALL of my options and so I came here bc I know nothing about suspension. Im not pointing fingers at anyone. I was asked who did them so I told them bc maybe some people had the same experiences with the same set up or maybe they had a lot better outcomes. So Im not bashing you or your work Jeff. You have been really good to me and Im not here to cut you down. What I do want tho, is all the options I can get for my suspension. That is the whole basis of this thread. Not to point fingers or accuse or bash on anyone. I hope everyone realizes that thats not what I made this thread for. If I wanted to bash on people I wouldnt have made a thread called SUSPENSION HELP
and I wish I could buy new shocks..if I could I would totally have done it a long time ago. But just as paying pro pilot $650 isnt affordable for me at the moment, neither would be buying a set of shocks. I am lucky that I did save most my money from my last few jobs I had but that money is almost gone now (my bank accounts barely have anything in them). With the art school schedule I had for two years straight, it made finding a job impossible, my hours changed constantly (we didnt have semesters) and my school was well over 40 miles away and I spent a lot of time driving to and from home (sometimes it being a 3 hr drive with Houston traffic). Now I am going to a regular college, but after not working for two years, the hurricane victims taking over all the jobs, and a college schedule along with a race schedule (i dont tell them that tho) its making finding a job REALLY tough. You wont believe how many times me or a friend has heard, "well we could give you the job, but we are going to give a hurricane victim the job first." As soon as I do get one, you can bet that one of the first things I start doing is setting aside cash for buying shocks.