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Excalibur
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Shocks

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Below is a pic of my rear shock (lower) of my '61 FLH. Looks like something is missing. Pics on Google show a chrome sleeve possibly with a ring of holes for adjustment purposes. Somewhere out back I do have a pair of shovel shocks so I wondered if I could take the part off those? Whatever that plastic tape is, it's been there a long time.

Shop manual shock diagram shows -'64 & '65 variants. So is this the way it should be? so what's with the sticky tape?
pan3 002x1_zpsdfyu4zko.jpg
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Re: Shocks

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Post by RUBONE »

That is the correct shock for your bike. There are only four holes for the adjuster wrench on them. Yours are partially hidden by the tape which was likely a previous owners add on. Either for noise abatement (covers contacting body), or to prevent someone adjusting them.
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Re: Shocks

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Thanks Team. That clears the confusion. I'll get that tape off and clean them up.
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Re: Shocks

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After an hour or so of cleaning and polishing the area...
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Am well pleased. I note the shock bushes are badly worn
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Re: Shocks

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Post by MurrayS »

Note to Excalibur....I got your private message but my reply got kicked back as undeliverable. You might like to check your settings or something. cheers Murray
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