Quote originally posted by JD
Quote originally posted by Thinksno
When the front shock on edge is done the rear suspension will drop to the ground and stay there when compressed. Springs will only hold it up until it's compressed. Shocks have everything to do with it.
What do you mean by "done?" If there's something wrong with the shocks, like they're frozen down, what you say might be true. Otherwise; no. I've ridden an EDGE that had the original shock build in them after 6 years--you could cycle the shock with two fingers. The sled didn't sag at all, because the springs were holding it up.
Not what I would have thought before either but have encountered this a couple times on edge rear suspension. In the past I have seen an X-10 stuck to ground because of a frozen rear shock. I had an edge the past winter that dropped to the ground, we pulled all four shocks for rebuild and found the front rear shock destroyed due to water contamination. I installed a fresh gas emulsion style shock in instead of HPG style. The emulsion only works when it gets cycled and if you rode and hit a bump too soon (before shock pumped itself up) the suspension would crash down. I beefed up rear shock, by-passing PS holes and using heavier oil but no change. I then threw in a fresh HPG original style front shock and no more colapsing. I have seen a few edges sitting with snow flaps flat on ground.
If rear shock needed rebuilding I am sure the front one did as well. All shocks are equally important but many people only rebuild rear one which is wrong in my books.
