Shock Eyelet Bearing - Rocky Mountain INSTINCT CARBON Serie Mode D'emploi

Instinct Carbon Platform Manual

SHOCK EYELET BEARING

Service
Your frame is equipped with cartridge bearings in the rear eyelet, allowing for better small-bump compliance. These bearings are carried by cups
that have a very firm press fit into the shock shaft.
If you have your shock serviced, we highly recommend
removing these components, as suspension service centres
cannot guarantee they will be returned.
To remove the system, follow these steps:
• Use the Rocky Mountain Bearing Eyelet Tool Kit
(Part# 1810031)
• Install the top hat piece on one side of the bearing eyelet
• Next, install one of the cup removal tools over the bearing
cup with the top hat piece installed.
• Thread the M8 screw snuggly against the top hat piece
• Install the other cup removal tool over the other bearing cup
• Thread the M8 screw all the way in until it starts pushing on
the other side. It is contacting the inside of the top hat
piece.
• Keep threading until one of the cups is full pushed out.
• Next insert the drift tool through the shock eyelet and rest it
firmly against the bearing cup that is still pressed in the
shock eyelet.
• Gently, but firmly, hammer the drift tool until the bearing cup
is fully removed from the shock eyelet.
If you do not have the Rocky Mountain Bearing Eyelet Tool
Kit, use a blind bearing puller:
• Use a blind bearing puller (8 mm extension) to remove both
bearings.
• Remove the centre sleeve.
• Use the blind bearing puller (10 mm extension) to remove
the empty cups.
NOTE: the inner diameter of the cups is 11 mm, which means
the 12 mm extension won't fit (So don't force it); Use the 10
mm extension.
To install new cups, use a bearing press or vice with soft jaws
installed, making sure to press on the outer edge of the cups,
and don't forget the centre spacer sleeve between the cups.
Basic setup 7