Rear shocks hitting frame Tao Tao EVO  By  toddscoot71 (Read 3,721 times)

Has anyone else had a chance to take a look at the shock mounts on their EVO?

I looked at another one for sale here locally and it had the exact same problem as mine. The shock was pivoting up and banging on the shock mount. Tops of the shocks were bent worse than mine. Seems like a really bad (and dangerous) design to me.

If I'm not mistaken my scoot is a hunter style scoot . My stock shocks where an inch longer then the shocks I have on now. My new shocks now that I look may be making contact with the frame but I'm not sure . Now the old stock shocks were def not making any contact not even any marks showing any contact . When I ordered the new shocks they said they were 13.8 eye to eye but they are only 12.8 . Still I don't see any problems with bending . I'm gonna check again just to be sure .

That's interesting.  Messing around with mine I noticed the two brackets are welded in slightly different places on the frame.  Mine had about that much of a difference from one side to the other.

I messed around with raising the cap on the shock with no luck.  It makes a slight difference but if the shock uses it's full movement you need quite a bit more clearance on the bracket.  I took the spring off of one of my damaged shocks so I could use it as a guide to see how much room was needed when they pivoted.  I was surprised just how much they pivot from fully extended to hitting the bump stops.  I really don't see how any of these are not hitting the shocks unless the rider is very light.

If you have one that's only 1/16" away or even 1/4" away I would be very surprised if your shocks arn't hitting too.  It's very hard to see with the shocks on.  Mine were fouling the inside of the brackets and the top of the shock caps where it was a bit hidden.

I'm guessing most people bend the shaft on the shock pretty quick after getting the scooter and apparently nothing more comes of it.  My big fear was having a weld on the mount breaking.

I took a dental mirror and looked at the right shock and there are no marks on the cap , the marks on the left side were not that bad but they were touching enough to make small indentions but not to bad

Hey Todd what type shocks do u have ? Are they like the blue one or the black one ? If they are like the black ones that could be your problem . Because even though my black shocks measured 12.8 eye to eye all they had to do way move the cap out an inch to make it 13.8 . And I'm not so sure if many of the shocks out there are like the black ones or not but if so then the extra inch on the blue stock shocks could really help out . There is about an 1/8 inch of threads showing at the bottom of the cap and nut so it has plenty of room to be adjusted and it already measures 13.8 eye to eye .

I bet the blue ones I have would work on yours . No need now but I was gonna send them to you to see if they would work for u. The xrta couple inches should have been just right . With both shocks screwed all the way in the blue ones measured an inch longer then the black ones which are prob same as yours. Then u had the xrta couple inches to play with by loosening the cap . I'm guessing the cap on yours were already turned out to get your shocks to measure the 13.8 and u didn't have much more threads left to work with .