Rear Shocks, Teach me, I cave

[t3rmin]

I just put some MDI shocks on my 850. They are STIFF. I notice that there is a ring about a third way up from the bottom compressing the springs below it. I am guessing that the company just makes one shock and locates the spacing ring to adapt it to the individual model.

I am hoping they will soften up after a while. If they don't I may try to remove the ring and see what happens.

From looking at the pictures, isn't that ring just riding between two different weight springs? It looked to me like they aren't using a real progressive-rate spring, just two differently-wound ones together with that spacer in between. Without the spacer would the springs stay where they're supposed to be?

[salty_monk]

That's the way I saw them too... Perhaps he means he's going to remove the ring & take the small spring out, that would defintely make them softer...