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Originally Posted by Kevin in NJ
Have someone sit on the fender while you look at the shock.
If it is stuck the wheel will not move.
If the shaft on the shock has any play then it is bad. The shaft should only turn and have no wobble. If it wobbles then it is a decorative piece of metal.
Keep in mind a functioning shock was test by a lever that went out beyond the bumper. The few pounds at the end of a metal lever was to take 15 seconds (I think that was the number, it is in the service bulletins) to fall.
This equates to using a lot of push on the stock shock arm to slowly move the arm.
Hopefully one day I will be able to tell you what the KRW testing arm was like so you could make a copy.
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Kevin, when you say the wheel will not move, do you mean the shock itself? The shaft on the left side shock is pointing up while the shaft on the right side shock is parallel to the ground. I have the dog ear connectors that the shaft is connected to on the rear end. Thanks.