Hygear Spacers

[Beenba]

I have them installed now, and I have not noticed anything with the sag. If it reduced it, it was very minimal. I also did the 2011 update which locates the torsion spring a little higher too (which should help with sag a small bit) and still nothing!

I have come to agree that the geometry of the suspension design is off slightly, and with the friction in all the moving components you get the sag. Stiffer springs is likely my only fix.

I don't care at this point, I have roughly 5" of permanent sag and i'm just going to ride it with the sag and get some miles on the sled (haven't rode it at all yet) and then make a decision.

 

[BADSLED]

So I went ahead and decided to machine my own spacers to save some money. It was a simple engineering calc to figure out how much the torsion springs compress, and the clearance between the spring and spacer required...

Material cost me 25 bucks from McMaster, and took a hour or so to machine up. If anyone is interested in doing this, PM me and I can give you the CAD

Here was my design (not sure if its the same as hygears) but should work well. I don't have my skid back in, so im not sure if it fixed my sag yet...hope so!

Well done! You will be extremely satisfied with the results these spacers provide. As I said in my earlier post, I'm 250+ lbs. and these did keep the springs coils inline providing a significantly firmer ride without replacing the springs at an increased cost.

Iam curious what is the P/N for McMaster stock you used? PM me...

 

[canoehead]

I'm some curious about these kits including the shock sleeve to prevent blowing out the rear shock.