shock too short

[don_matese]

So a while ago i bought a rear shock off ebay for my 1995 m600. Unfortunately it appears to be a bit shorter than the original unit. Any ideas? I suspect i could just swap the springs. Just wondering why its so short compared to the old one.

[don_matese]

Sorry cant upload an image justt now from my phone, basically the new sachs shock is about an inch and a half shorter than my current one from a 1995 m600.

[Dirty]

If you swap the springs all you've done is bought a new 2nd hand spring. I'd suspect they've given you the wrong shock but I could be wrong. I thought the shocks were all the same length (900,750,600)

[DrD]

Swapping the spring will have no effect on the length of the shock, irrespective of spring preload, at rest they are fully extended.

[don_matese]

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=7F00CD4658959C35!673&authkey=!AAWGfBvcf7xzx38&v=3&ithint=photo%2cjpg

the shorter one is from a newer monster - someone on here *cough* Kato *cough* led me to believe it would fit :) At least the spring will be in better nick than the current one...

[Darren69]

I was going to suggest that it could be from a newer bike, sans hoop. Sounds like you've found that out.