Motons for Stock
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Hey Jeff, so you finally sprung for motons, congrats man, i am curious to hear your feedback when you run them. As far as shock mounts. I am not familiar with the SOS setup, but from what i remember from last years rules, spherical top hats are allowed in stock but they need to be modified stock tophats. I don't have them handy but the rules go into detail about drilling mounts to allow for spherical bearing housings or cups to be welded to aid in installing the bearings. I ran them part way through the year, and i made my own modified OEM tophats copying Nick Jackson's design. Gendron also sells them but they are pricey. I think he contributed or was involved in the wording that clarified the rule for spherical bearings IIRC. Best of luck with them, Tony
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Originally Posted by Apeatwo' timestamp='1326293101' post='21306343
[quote name='glagola1' timestamp='1326240355' post='21304645']
What you do is flip over the lower spring perch that is on the Moton so that there is a flat resting area for the stock lower perch to rest on. Take a rubber mallet or hammer if you like, to the stock perch on the stock shock. Smack that bastard on opposite side until if pops off. Slide it down over the Moton body which is only a few mm more narrow than the stock shock body and sit it on the upside down (flat side) perch. Measure the stock shock from center of the clevis bolt hole (mounting fork) to the bottom of the stock spring perch. Match this on the Moton.
Profit.
What you do is flip over the lower spring perch that is on the Moton so that there is a flat resting area for the stock lower perch to rest on. Take a rubber mallet or hammer if you like, to the stock perch on the stock shock. Smack that bastard on opposite side until if pops off. Slide it down over the Moton body which is only a few mm more narrow than the stock shock body and sit it on the upside down (flat side) perch. Measure the stock shock from center of the clevis bolt hole (mounting fork) to the bottom of the stock spring perch. Match this on the Moton.
Profit.
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I want to be able to swap out quickly if necessary and I like the idea of having two complete suspensions rather than one and pieces. Maybe a little on the lazy side too.
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From: Virginia Beach
Hey Jeff, so you finally sprung for motons, congrats man, i am curious to hear your feedback when you run them. As far as shock mounts. I am not familiar with the SOS setup, but from what i remember from last years rules, spherical top hats are allowed in stock but they need to be modified stock tophats. I don't have them handy but the rules go into detail about drilling mounts to allow for spherical bearing housings or cups to be welded to aid in installing the bearings. I ran them part way through the year, and i made my own modified OEM tophats copying Nick Jackson's design. Gendron also sells them but they are pricey. I think he contributed or was involved in the wording that clarified the rule for spherical bearings IIRC. Best of luck with them, Tony
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I don't know the diameter of the shock, but, you can pick-up two piece aluminum shaft collar like the one in the AST picture above for under $30.
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FYI, for customers looking at the Moton shock, we have specially made 12mm OD shafts and 12mm shaft collars available for the OEM top mount which allows users to use the shock with the factory rubber mount with out modification. For questions, please contact us.
Moton Clubsport:
http://www.scienceofspeed.com/produc...on/club_sport/
We also have this for the JRZ RS Pro:
http://www.scienceofspeed.com/produc...00/JRZ/RS_Pro/
-- Chris
Moton Clubsport:
http://www.scienceofspeed.com/produc...on/club_sport/
We also have this for the JRZ RS Pro:
http://www.scienceofspeed.com/produc...00/JRZ/RS_Pro/
-- Chris
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Originally Posted by glagola1' timestamp='1326240355' post='21304645
What you do is flip over the lower spring perch that is on the Moton so that there is a flat resting area for the stock lower perch to rest on. Take a rubber mallet or hammer if you like, to the stock perch on the stock shock. Smack that bastard on opposite side until if pops off. Slide it down over the Moton body which is only a few mm more narrow than the stock shock body and sit it on the upside down (flat side) perch. Measure the stock shock from center of the clevis bolt hole (mounting fork) to the bottom of the stock spring perch. Match this on the Moton.
Profit.
Profit.
No need to disturb Jay, he's probably on a beach in Jamaica staring at his SCCA calendar!
-Marc
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From: Virginia Beach
FYI, for customers looking at the Moton shock, we have specially made 12mm OD shafts and 12mm shaft collars available for the OEM top mount which allows users to use the shock with the factory rubber mount with out modification. For questions, please contact us.
Moton Clubsport:
http://www.scienceofspeed.com/produc...on/club_sport/
We also have this for the JRZ RS Pro:
http://www.scienceofspeed.com/produc...00/JRZ/RS_Pro/
-- Chris
Moton Clubsport:
http://www.scienceofspeed.com/produc...on/club_sport/
We also have this for the JRZ RS Pro:
http://www.scienceofspeed.com/produc...00/JRZ/RS_Pro/
-- Chris
I picked up a complete OEM suspension today from a loca S2ki-r for $80, looks like I'll be building these soon.
