Need some advice from M-10 / Airwave Guru's

[EricW]

I had an M-10 with a front airshock put in my 08 D8 last year. I noticed a bad vibration that I attributed to the extrovert drivers. Upon further review, I noticed that the way the upper front shock mount was aligned that it was contacting the inner lugs of my Camo Extreme.

When you look at this pic you will notice that the left half of the upper shock mount is actually sitting inside the split of the shock instead of being on the outside on both sides if that makes sense. You'll see that it is bushed over to the left for this to happen.

This creates the rub you see here.

Here you can see that the lower is bushed on the right as well causing the shock to sit the bushing width left of center. My question is why couldn't I just move the upper/lower bushings to the left side to center up the shock in the upper mount. Eye balling it doesn't look like it would contact the limiter strap. Anyone know why it would need to be in it's current configuration?

Thanks a lot. EW

 

[EricW]

TTT. Anyone?

 

[ruffryder]

Looks to me like the bushing is on the wrong side... Put it on the other side and it shouldn't make that noise anymore.. You might want to check the bottom too and move any spacers there in a similar fashion..

 

[mountainhorse]

1st.... It's not an "Airwave" just an "air m-10"

You have a 7 tooth, small diameter driver on this track... brings the track too close to the upper pivot tube of the front swing arm..

Ditch the air shock, go with a center mounted Fox Zero Pro with FTX custom valving and springs and be done with it...My 2 cents

With the "fork" in the top eye straddling the top shock mount tabs... you cant run it centered... and still clear the limiter strap

 

[Duke]

Fast has a new center mounted air shock as well. Comes in the new 09 M10's

 

[yammadog]

Contact Trevor at Mac Machine in Sicamous. He was showing a bunch of the air shock stuff to MOB and myself last weekend.

There is a new mount on that shock that does away with the split mount at the top. Maybe it can be retrofit to get rid of that. He seemed to really know what he was talking about....more than myself anyway and he was VERY friendly and willing to explain all answers. I understood he was an M-10 guru as MOB put it.

We did a little weighing of an air shock with coil over 10#'s and the air shock was 3#'s....Spring alone was 3.5..

Trevor, 250-836-3648

 

[flying pig]

Trev's the man! Knows what he's doin with m-10's for sure!

 

[EricW]

Thanks to all for the info. I got a wild hair and pulled the skid out today to have a good look at it. I noticed that the idlers on the top rear mounts, both left and right were wobbly. I assumed it was the bearing inside the wheel itself. Bearing was OK, but the aluminum shaft that goes inside the upper rear tube was worn pretty bad. Not quite sure how this happens since the bearings on both upper idlers were free and tight. Having the shaft ends machined to receive a steel sleeve to see if that is a fix.

As far as the front shock (which by the way is not an airwave...MHorse), I checked it out and the upper split eye mount on the shock was 1.5" wide and the shock mount on the upper cross arm was 1.25" wide. No fit there unless you mill the shock eyes.

Curt at Fastrax has a direct bolt on coil over replacement available. I will ponder this a while as I wait for my shaft to be finished. BTW, Curt tells me that due to some mild tweek where the square tube risers attach to the upper horizontal tube, the standard 1 3/16" tube will not go through as the tube is not dead on true after the weld. Sounds like you have to allow a little reduction in the shaft to make it fit. I'll try bigger hammer, press it back out, then do what Kurt says. Thats just how smart I am.

Thanks again guys and Curt at Fastrax. EW

 

[MOB]

Contact Trevor at Mac Machine in Sicamous. He was showing a bunch of the air shock stuff to MOB and myself last weekend.

There is a new mount on that shock that does away with the split mount at the top. Maybe it can be retrofit to get rid of that. He seemed to really know what he was talking about....more than myself anyway and he was VERY friendly and willing to explain all answers. I understood he was an M-10 guru as MOB put it.

We did a little weighing of an air shock with coil over 10#'s and the air shock was 3#'s....Spring alone was 3.5..

Trevor, 250-836-3648

Agreed 100%...great guy / very knowledgeable. new mount would resolve as well...Curt at Fastrax is also the man...can't go wrong either way.

 

[pylon]

why not just trim the track ? dont move the shock over as the airbag on the shock gets fatter as it compresses and would hit the limter strap.