OK, I decided to not replace the elastomers as they still have the same melting problem. Instead I went ahead and measured the cups where the elastomers
used to be, found a coil spring that would fit and
viola! Perfection! Here are a few pics of the bike in as found condition 'cept for the rear shock which I just rebuilt using the coil spring to replace the elastomers.
This is the bike.
This pic shows the elastomer (black tarry stuff) melted all over the wheel and tire.
This pic shows remnants of the melted elastomer on the swing arm.
This is the rear shock cleaned up and mounted with the new coil spring. You can see some melted elastomer on the sway arms.
Rear shock
Front shock with melted elastomer all over it, I'll clean it up and rebuild it with a coil spring soon. The rear shock looked just like this.
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Last edited by ilikebikes; 08-12-10 at 05:31 PM.