Valve Spring to Assist Pogo Seat

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Valve Spring to Assist Pogo Seat

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Hoping you all can once again help. I have a pogo seat that bottoms out and I want to add a valve spring to help prevent this. I understand that Chevy BB valve springs might do the job but try finding one in the UK without buying a set from the US at great expense. I wondered if anyone knew of another spring or valve spring that would fit? Maybe... someone has one lurking that they might want to sell me... Cheers, Jamie.
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Re: Valve Spring to Assist Pogo Seat

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Why not just put proper springs in the post and forget all that hack job stuff? They are easily available from here..
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Re: Valve Spring to Assist Pogo Seat

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Thanks. I want to keep the seat height low hence the valve spring being a simple hack. However, he's worth a closer look, so he got an email address or a website I could just order from? I'm in the UK so time differences etc.

Cheers, Jamie.
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Re: Valve Spring to Assist Pogo Seat

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+1 on Dave Croft springs. I ordered a set for my '69 FLH and am very pleased with the results. Smooth as silk. He includes different springs for different weight riders. $65 including shipping in the States. Don't know what he'd charge to ship to the UK.
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If you adjust the springs according to the service manual, you probably won't bottom out anymore. I have several Pans with pogo seats, the ones where I adjusted them to the book work OK, the ones where I just stuck them in bottom out, even with the valve spring.
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Re: Valve Spring to Assist Pogo Seat

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jamiefixit wrote:Thanks. I want to keep the seat height low hence the valve spring being a simple hack. However, he's worth a closer look, so he got an email address or a website I could just order from? I'm in the UK so time differences etc.
I don't think he has any presence on the interwebz. I've ordered two sets of his (Dave Croft's) springs and have been very happy with them. If he has an email address, I don't know what it is. I thought that there might be an email address on the directions he sends, but I seem to have thrown them out.

He's in Ohio, which puts him about 5 hours earlier than you.
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