Hello to all of you

 

I bought Kayaba 441 800 shocks which I plan to install in the upcoming days.

 

They came with this "ring" fitted which should be part number 6U0512119.

 

 

In order to put dust protection this needs to be removed. It's a very tight fit and it cannot be removed by hand.

 

Does someone have experience with removing this? (if not, my idea was to turn the shock upside down and put a spanner onto it a give it a good smack)

 

Thanks!

It's always been loosely fitted on the threaded portion on the ones I've bought.

Think you've got the right idea though to remove it, mabey a little lubricant also.

13 hours ago, zeka95 said:

Does someone have experience with removing this? (if not, my idea was to turn the shock upside down and put a spanner onto it a give it a good smack)

use a bit of heat and lubrication

@zeka95 first some WD-40, let it soak, wipe the excess and then a heat gun and a hammer like this .

I forgot to reply on this topic, but WD-40, open spanner and a hammer did the trick.