I did a search and only found shotts' reference to these coming out, but nothing overall to anyone installing these. If I am mistaken, please provide some feedback to your experience. I posted some comments on 'what did you do to your 100 series this week' with only one comment referring me to what has already been done on the n74L on this forum. That thread and long standing run of threads are no secret and 7 years old, but nothing spoke of the 60071L nitro charger sport as a replacement to the n74L. My apologies if this is all a repeat or a been discussed like the n74l debate.
I performed the swap out last night on the old n101 I had in there, paired with the 863 spring. I used the reference from Shott's swap writeup of the N74L just to see the hardware needs and what has to be swapped from the old shock. From that thread, it was my understanding that lower bushing needs to be exchanged with the n101, plus the washers/hardware is to be reused from the n101 up top.
My experience was different.. I haven't compared the old n74L stats to the 60071L yet (will do later today), however, i assumed it would be similar measurements. We all know what assuming does. Anyways, i pulled the old shocks out and looked at all the hardware. To me, the bushings up top were the same thickness (no mention of having to use the old ones) and i used the new ones. The washers however, were all but the same except for the inside diameter. I couldn't reuse the old washers as they inside diameter was larger than the new washers that fit over the pin. I suppose i could, but i didn't have to. I pressed the lower bushing into the shock tower and installed the bottom of the shock onto the mount, lightly screwing it in. i then lined up the upper pin on the shock tower with the hole in the frame support, pulling the retaining clip for the shock. As expected, it extended it self under internal pressure and lined up and into the hole nicely with the bottom half of the bushings stacked onto the upper pin. I should say here that i expected the hardware kit to come with 4 washers of equal size, much like the old n101.. it came with three thick washers and one tin washer that had a smaller outside diameter but larger inside diameter. i didn't see how this would work on this shock mount to truck and suspect its specific to the 80 series to which it was designed. the 1n01 has a similar washer but it didn't transfer over. since i was down a total of one washer per side now, i could simply reuse one washer from the old hardware - no biggy. the inside diameter was mated to the old n101 shock and was a bit bigger, but shouldn't do anything if i place it correctly in the stack where is shouldn't matter. I continued on with installing the top stack and found there was absolutely no way to get the top nut on; there was simply not enough thread sticking through to grab the thread..
thinking about this i decided as a short term solution until this weekend to get the truck mobile again is to ditch the bottom washer that sits on top of the frame mount.. I figured the frame mount would act the same as the washer anyways. after sleeping on it and consulting a fellow cruiser head, i now am aware this washer prevents wearing of the bushing as the pin moves slightly during suspension cycling. i suppose over many cycles it would wear out.
now that i've slept on it i'm going to pull the shock back out and trim each of the bushings by 1/8 inch, giving me and extra 1/4 inch per side. This will allow me to add the final washer and get it back in appropriately and negate any wear.
now for bump stop lowering by 0.5 an inch..
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N101 (the typical 100-series rear shock from OME): 24.0" extended x 14.2" compressed = 9.8" max extension.
N74L: 26.3" extended x 15.2" compressed = 11.1" max extension. (Slee website)
60071L - 26.49" extended 15.23" compressed = 11.26" max extension
I performed the swap out last night on the old n101 I had in there, paired with the 863 spring. I used the reference from Shott's swap writeup of the N74L just to see the hardware needs and what has to be swapped from the old shock. From that thread, it was my understanding that lower bushing needs to be exchanged with the n101, plus the washers/hardware is to be reused from the n101 up top.
My experience was different.. I haven't compared the old n74L stats to the 60071L yet (will do later today), however, i assumed it would be similar measurements. We all know what assuming does. Anyways, i pulled the old shocks out and looked at all the hardware. To me, the bushings up top were the same thickness (no mention of having to use the old ones) and i used the new ones. The washers however, were all but the same except for the inside diameter. I couldn't reuse the old washers as they inside diameter was larger than the new washers that fit over the pin. I suppose i could, but i didn't have to. I pressed the lower bushing into the shock tower and installed the bottom of the shock onto the mount, lightly screwing it in. i then lined up the upper pin on the shock tower with the hole in the frame support, pulling the retaining clip for the shock. As expected, it extended it self under internal pressure and lined up and into the hole nicely with the bottom half of the bushings stacked onto the upper pin. I should say here that i expected the hardware kit to come with 4 washers of equal size, much like the old n101.. it came with three thick washers and one tin washer that had a smaller outside diameter but larger inside diameter. i didn't see how this would work on this shock mount to truck and suspect its specific to the 80 series to which it was designed. the 1n01 has a similar washer but it didn't transfer over. since i was down a total of one washer per side now, i could simply reuse one washer from the old hardware - no biggy. the inside diameter was mated to the old n101 shock and was a bit bigger, but shouldn't do anything if i place it correctly in the stack where is shouldn't matter. I continued on with installing the top stack and found there was absolutely no way to get the top nut on; there was simply not enough thread sticking through to grab the thread..
thinking about this i decided as a short term solution until this weekend to get the truck mobile again is to ditch the bottom washer that sits on top of the frame mount.. I figured the frame mount would act the same as the washer anyways. after sleeping on it and consulting a fellow cruiser head, i now am aware this washer prevents wearing of the bushing as the pin moves slightly during suspension cycling. i suppose over many cycles it would wear out.
now that i've slept on it i'm going to pull the shock back out and trim each of the bushings by 1/8 inch, giving me and extra 1/4 inch per side. This will allow me to add the final washer and get it back in appropriately and negate any wear.
now for bump stop lowering by 0.5 an inch..
edit -
N101 (the typical 100-series rear shock from OME): 24.0" extended x 14.2" compressed = 9.8" max extension.
N74L: 26.3" extended x 15.2" compressed = 11.1" max extension. (Slee website)
60071L - 26.49" extended 15.23" compressed = 11.26" max extension
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