Progressive shock

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I have a Prolink that has, what I was told when I purchased the bike, a Progressive shock on the rear. There is a tire valve cap that I can get to on the shock and I was just wondering if you are able to change the air pressure in the shock and what pressure there is in there.

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Progressive says to keep your mitts off of it.
Might be able to change it at the factory.
http://www.progressivesuspension.com/as ... -Instr.pdf

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Thanks

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Best single rear suspension upgrade ever for the prolink!! Might want to consider RaceTech emulators for the forks. Great inexpensive improvement there.
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I just ordered a Progressive rear shock for my Prolink. Can I remove the stock shock and install the new one without removing the rear wheel. My maintenance manual says nothing about removing the rear wheel when removing the rear shock.

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Do yourself a favor and remove the wheel, it's a bitch otherwise
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Will do,thanks. I am looking forward to see how it improves the ride. I'm also installing Progressive fork springs. I only have 14,000 miles on the bike but based on what everyone says here changing the rear shock is the way to go. Minnesota winters provide plenty of "wrench" time.

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It's the best suspension upgrade you can do to your bike. As far as front springs go, not sure about progressive ones. I think most people on here use racetech springs with gold emulators and are raving about them. I think that major difference is that progressive brand front springs have progressive rate where racetech do not so i'm not sure how would gold valve emulators work with them if you decide on that in the future. I'm sure most people would definitely recommend racetech setup with gold valve emulators since you are already upgrading everything.
I just did progressive shock for the rear and ride is amazingly comfortable straight out of the box and without any adjustments.
Take whole shock mount apart, clean and lube all parts before installing new shock. Also don't forget to ground rear shock pressure switch to prevent dashboard light to remain constantly lit.
Happy winter wrenching ;)
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I didn't remove the rear wheel to install the new shock. I did remove ALL the bushings and regrease them using Honda Moly Grease. You won't regret the effort.

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Yes, you can do it but It's much easier to do it with wheel off
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Is Honda moly grease better for this than regular grease?

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It's all about amount of moly content. More moly is better. It should be multipurpose grease with MoS2 additive which is Moly.
Hondas is not necessarily better. You want something that won't washout with water
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....or thin out with heat.
I used a moly-fortified, multi purpose from Valvoline when i did the linkage.

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Inspect the link seals.
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converted my spindly 79 forks to Racetech springs and Gold Valve Emulators , best upgrade I've done so far...amazing improvement in handling and comfort... :D

I imagine the improvement would be even better yet on the 81's and 82's ...
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