Maintenance
Servicing and Maintaining Your Empulse 55
Rear Shock
1. Spring pre-load - adjust the spring pre-load by rotating the two
pre-load rings:
• counter-clockwise to decrease the pre-load.
• clockwise to increase the pre-load.
To adjust the pre-load back to the original setting used during
manufacture, raise the rear wheel off the ground using a safety
stand or a hoist. Rotate the pre-load ring counter-clockwise until
it is loose the rotate the pre-load ring clockwise four turns.
2. Compression damping
(Empulse R only)
- rotate the adjuster
clockwise to stiffen the damping (+) and counter-clockwise to
soften it (-).
Note: Factory setting= 18 clicks (2.25 turns) from full in position.
3. Rebound damping
(Empulse R only)
- rotate the adjuster
clockwise to stiffen the damping (H) and counter-clockwise to
soften it (S).
Note: Factory setting= 1.25 turns from full in position.
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