Shocks on upside down???

[Yamadoo04]

OK so we were just looking at my bothers XP and noticed the shocks seemed to be upside down. So I have done some searching and looked in the Manual and it shows them the opposite way that they are on his sled. See attached picture. So my question is, who the $%$# puts the shocks on the sled? Is it the Factory or the Dealer? If anyone knows please let me know. Does any one know how this effects the sled having an upside down shock? Last year we all thought that the sled sucked for boondocking and I am now thinking this might be the problem. My brother was to the point of selling the sled because of this.

Please let me know if you have any info on this for me.

Thanks,

 

[C-man]

nope, thats how they are on mine so i'd assume thats the way they should be

 

[C-man]

k nvm haha, yes yours are upside down....just had a real look at mine

flip those ****ers~!

 

[Tuesday]

The way are mounted now will "protect" them more but flipping them other way helps to centralize weight That's the theory anyway. The shocks absorb about the same in either position. So.......weight vs. protection.

 

[skidoosbest]

They are upside down.

 

[pyxle]

SCREW type spring adjuster
MX Z TNT / Summit X
Body UP
Valve and clicker adjuster towards OUTSIDE of vehicle (if applicable)

CAM type spring adjuster
Summit Everest models
Body UP
Valve and clicker adjuster towards OUTSIDE of vehicle (if applicable)

 

[turboal]

hanging the body of the shock from the chassi allows the body to carry the weight .

if you mount the shock so the body is at the bottom then the whole weight of the shock is added to the travelling weight when the ski goes up and down .

they work best with the shock body attached to the chassi which puts the bulk of the weight going no were , this gives a better responce on the trails .

 

[torq]

my dealer put mine upside down and i pointed it out to them and they argued ,then i showed them all the pics from catalogs and brochures witch cleary shows them body up and they came up with the excuse that is how the instructions told us to mount them.

 

[vanislerev]

hanging the body of the shock from the chassi allows the body to carry the weight .

if you mount the shock so the body is at the bottom then the whole weight of the shock is added to the travelling weight when the ski goes up and down .

they work best with the shock body attached to the chassi which puts the bulk of the weight going no were , this gives a better responce on the trails .

exactly, less weight to move when the suspension travels, unsprung weight should always be minimized... they do it on cars and everything too.
regardless the shock will not perform any different with the body up or down anyway...

 

[kodpkd]

Unside down... What a bunch of goofs.

 

[turboal]

doo does supply a assembly sheet hahaha guess they cant even read the pictures LOL's