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GT rear Ohlins shock help

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droppeddime

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Hi guys,

I know this topic comes up a lot but I have a specific questions about the rear shock in my apex GT.

Its a 2007 model that I bought from a great fellow on here. It has the Hygear sport package done to it (front and rear shocks with twisted springs etc..). Anyways, the rear felt a little springy on the trails on friday and on my run Saturday it was noticeably may worse. I tried playing with the electronic rebound setting on the dash and it didnt help. Eventually, my dash did not even give me shock option, and at this point the shock was completely blown and my rear end was like a pogo stick bouncing up and down as I only had the spring for suspension.

I am wondering why all of a sudden the dash does not even give me the shock option to adjust??? if the shock is completely blown will it cause it not to show up to adjust on the dash? OR.. did i break the wire with all that extra spring travel since the shock wasnt working?

i removed the shock today so it can be rebuilt. i did not remove the rear skid or bolts, i just undid the two bolts that hold the shock and undid the connector for the shock EC wire. i check the wire and it does not seem broke anywhere.. lots of bends, kinks, wear tear though.

i hope to hell i can get it bolted back in place once its rebuilt.. i think i may have a bitch of time.

thanks in advance for any replies, answers or insight.. i appreciate it guys
 

I redo mine every other year, and have had no other problems. Make sure to install the wire properly, and install with lotsa zip ties.There is a wire routing instruction in the search. I've got 10 grand on mine and have never broke a wire. You should have no problem installing, stick it in there and bolt up. May have to extend the skid to line it up properly. good day
 
I just went through this on mine. I did alot of searching and found the wire had pulled out of the black disk looking thing on top of the shock. It looked perfect, but when I cut the black coating back I noticed both wires were ripped out. This was after one ride with a brand new shock. The dealer even did the wiring for the shock. Alot of people have bad luck with this and some others have excellent luck. We have 5 Apexes in my group and two of us have had issues with the wire. It is very hard to detect had I not cut the casing back I would have never found it. I had mine soldered and patched back together. The part from the dealer was 180 bucks and from a guy on here 67 plus shipping.
 
so its safe to assume that my wires broke somewhere then.. cause i thought i read on here one time that if your shock is blown out badly that the shock control option will no appear on the cluster/ dash... anyone know if this is true?
 
Did you send your shock off to HyGear for the rebuild? I read somewhere they would do rebuilds for a discount if not free. It was quite expensive up front, so that would be fine by me.

Good luck!
 
Hygear does free revalves after initial service, not free rebuilds (perhaps discount, just give them a call).

Shock option will disappear from dash if wires are broken, correct.
 
Just came back from ~1100 miles in Quebec. Feel sure I've blown my 4th Ohlins. Just had a Hygear repair, revalve, and Twisted Spring option installed prior to this season. I exaggerated my weight in hopes of being able to use more range of adjustment and I feel like that worked. I was able to run some bumpy stuff pretty comfortably. Nevertheless, by the 3rd day of the trip, the shock is toast. I ride fast and hard, but I'm sure I'm not the hardest rider (maybe not in the top quartile). Plus I only weigh 175. I hope Hygear helps and can rebuild the POS to make it last more than 3-400 miles.
 
actionjack said:
Just came back from ~1100 miles in Quebec. Feel sure I've blown my 4th Ohlins. Just had a Hygear repair, revalve, and Twisted Spring option installed prior to this season. I exaggerated my weight in hopes of being able to use more range of adjustment and I feel like that worked. I was able to run some bumpy stuff pretty comfortably. Nevertheless, by the 3rd day of the trip, the shock is toast. I ride fast and hard, but I'm sure I'm not the hardest rider (maybe not in the top quartile). Plus I only weigh 175. I hope Hygear helps and can rebuild the POS to make it last more than 3-400 miles.
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I was told mine was rebuit at Hygear with the same twisted spring option as well at end of last season and only had 1500km on it before it blew. Sucks.

I wanted to send it back to Hygear for the rebuild but i am leaving a on a long quebec trip this weekend so i needed it back asap. i would not havebeen able to get it to ross , have him rebuild it, and get it back in time by friday due to shipping and customs etc... my buddy needed his done too so he sent them to Frank in Toronto area because he can get the both back to us by Friday.. once i get it back now i will have to check the wire cause by all these replies tomy post it must b broken somewhere
 
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