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 Post subject: AST Tuber shocks
PostPosted: 07 May 2013 10:25 
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OK folks , can any of you AST owners confirm which is rebound and which is compression damping on these?
Looks like Muffins is in need of a rebuild which is a bit of a dissapointment as it has lasted less time and milage than the original Showa shock if it does :(
Appears to have lost it's damping so going to have a play with adjusters today before sending it for a rebuild if needed .............. my instructions say that the two adjusaters on the remote are high and low speed REBOUND .............I've heard people say that some of the instructions were printed wrong so just trying to confirm which adjuster is which.

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 Post subject: Re: AST Tuber shocks
PostPosted: 07 May 2013 11:07 
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Smaller is low speed rebound, larger is high speed. At least thats what Ronnie explained to me when we were playing around with my set up for the speed trail around the cones at Lauwe a couple of years back. Just confirmed by digging out instructions.

ps. mine was fitted with a new seal after a couple of thousand miles and is begining to look like it may need doing again, no effect on handling so far.

Hope that helps m8.

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 Post subject: Re: AST Tuber shocks
PostPosted: 07 May 2013 17:21 
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Checked it this morning and it definitely needs rebuilding as the main seal looks like it's gone :( so Muffin the pogo stick had to stay at home today whilst the Cr got the ride out to sunny skeggy for Lunch ........... luckily the seat to pillion footrest distance is about the same as the X1 as the girlfriend can only just get on at the moment seeing as it's less than four weeks since she had a new hip fitted lOl ............... she struggled a bit more getting on the Cr though as therear end sits 2" higher than Muffin :D

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 Post subject: Re: AST Tuber shocks
PostPosted: 07 May 2013 17:36 
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kevmean wrote:
...the girlfriend can only just get on at the moment seeing as it's less than four weeks since she had a new hip fitted lOl ............... she struggled a bit more getting on the Cr though as therear end sits 2" higher than Muffin :D

Suggest you follow your own advice on this one, Kev:
in another post, kevmean wrote:
.....just lay it on it's side, stand on one leg and pull the other one to spread them apart to the correct width ............ they aren't very strong so don't take much spreading.

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 Post subject: Re: AST Tuber shocks
PostPosted: 07 May 2013 17:40 
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:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :hehe:

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 Post subject: Re: AST Tuber shocks
PostPosted: 07 May 2013 18:09 
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:yt: :rotfl:

It was me that commented on the instructions being arse about face. It was set up almost perfectly out of the box. Unexpected things started to happen when I had a fiddle with the settings and I could make no sense of it. A quick phone call to Ronnie sorted it all out. Subsequent shocks had the correct info :yup: 8-)

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 Post subject: Re: AST Tuber shocks
PostPosted: 07 May 2013 19:46 
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So, it's all your fault you ilitarate Welsh git ;)

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 Post subject: Re: AST Tuber shocks
PostPosted: 07 May 2013 22:01 
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richie wrote:
So, it's all your fault you ilitarate Welsh git ;)



Ydw ;)

Where's Digger when you need him :?: ;) lOl

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 Post subject: Re: AST Tuber shocks
PostPosted: 07 May 2013 22:14 
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Adam wrote:
richie wrote:
So, it's all your fault you ilitarate Welsh git ;)



Ydw ;)

Where's Digger when you need him :?: ;) lOl


You walked right into that one m8.... :rotfl: ....and yes, I do beleive that the Diggers are still in the People's Republic of Yorkshire. The only third world country where you can still drink the water. lOl

ps. Without it tasting of sheep piss...

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 Post subject: Re: AST Tuber shocks
PostPosted: 08 May 2013 16:26 
Southerners like it here, there's plenty of them, and the waters better than anything you can get bottled.


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 Post subject: Re: AST Tuber shocks
PostPosted: 08 May 2013 21:19 
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So how many miles has the ast done then Kev?


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 Post subject: Re: AST Tuber shocks
PostPosted: 08 May 2013 23:12 
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Not sure exactly but i'd guess 30K max

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 Post subject: Re: AST Tuber shocks
PostPosted: 09 May 2013 08:24 
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30k sound ok to me
With the state of the roads today that’s a lot of bouncy bouncy or compression and rebound and nothing last forever.
At a cost new of about £1000 divided by 30,000 km = just over 3 pence per km for having an AST sounds like good value for money :yup:

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 Post subject: Re: AST Tuber shocks
PostPosted: 09 May 2013 08:53 
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My Uly managed about 6k on the standard shock before it went pogo...

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 Post subject: Re: AST Tuber shocks
PostPosted: 09 May 2013 09:42 
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Muffin lasted over 30k on it's Showa before a huge pothole on the M25 popped it's seal it lasted just over 7 years .

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