What Have You Done To Your Tdm Today?

[fixitsan]

I fitted another Ohlins, on this latest TDM900 and went for a spin

Not the same Ohlins as before though. This one was an Ebay find, I was nervy about it, but the seller said they would accept a return.  It works fine, lots of gas, which hopefully translates to lots of life

 

The 'other' Ohlins is another story. The top bush was split and started to ease itself out of the top eye. I spoke to Ohlins who put me in touch with their local specialist, because they wouldn't deal directly with me.

 

I dropped it off back in March to get a new top bushing at ERS racing (ex Knockhill race circuit) , The proprietor, is a great guy, we agreed that as I was not in a rush he would wait till he had a batch of parts to be ordered from Germany, in order to split the delivery charge across orders.

After a month, I found out there had been some customs issues and the package was returned.

 

After another month (and after the spring had been powder coated) I was told the part was on it's way. No bother.

 

It should have been ready last week, but when Eddie of ERS opened up the shock to give it a wee service it appears to have been abused, the shims weren't great but the worst damage was to the inside of the shock tube, the coating was scratched up. A new tube is out of stock. So it sits in Dunfermline, waiting for a new tube, hurry up Ohlins !

 

I'm going to end up with two good Ohlins rear shocks, so one will be up for sale. Either my recent good Ebay one with black spring, or a fully rebuilt unit with new shims, tube , top bush and freshly coated yellow spring (Both springs are one step up  on standard strength, for the larger chaps)..

 

When the rebuilt one comes back I'll post a message in the for sale section