Shock bush removal-help

mark62
mark62 Posts: 123
edited August 2011 in MTB workshop & tech
Hi,
I just bought my buddies old X-fusion 02R shock. It came off a Specialized Pitch. I want to put it on my Kona Coiler, I need to remove the bushes of my old Vanilla R and put them on the X-fusion. My LBS say's it can't be done, I pretty sure they are wrong. Is there a bush removal tool to swap the bushings over? Not done this before, so any advice would be very helpfull.

Cheers:)
cheers

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  • noppy
    noppy Posts: 181
    not sure if its the same bush as on my stumpjumpers fox float r but all i used was a clamp and a 1inch long bit of half inch copper pipe worked a treat changed the bush in near enough a minute
    GT Force
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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    Bushes or mounting kit/reducers?

    not all shocks use the same ones.

    are the shocks the same size? same stroke?

    oh and pull.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • mark62
    mark62 Posts: 123
    They are both 200 x 57 so should good for a straight swap (I think). Basically, the bushes are completley different from the ones on my Fox. I want to swap them over. Is there a tool to available to remove them?
    cheers
  • mark62
    mark62 Posts: 123
    Sorry nicklouse, I think I am maybe using the wrong terminology, I think I should be saying its the mounting hardware I want to swap over.
    cheers
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    the pull. they may or may not fit.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown

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