[Elka Mac Daddy Rebuild w/SSD] - ATV Riders Forums - Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki, Polaris, CanAm, Arctic Cat, Kymco ATVs

Pages:1

Elka Mac Daddy Rebuild w/SSD
(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)

Posted by: Sparks425Ex

How is it?

Would you recommened it?

If not what would you recommend?

Posted by: Sparks425Ex

Bump.

Posted by: Sick0

I very intersted in this set up

Posted by: Sick0

bump

Posted by: ESR250R

i would do your fronts first then your rear. everyone i know likes there rear shock but hates the stock front. but i would recommend elka i cant speak for the mac daddy conversion but i bought there rear shock and i like it alot but my fronts were setup a little too stiff.

Posted by: MEL

i have elka triple rates w/ ssd up front and a mac daddy rebuild in the rear. if you race at all i'd go with a new elka rear shock. just my though. definatly get new fronts, the stock ones are good for stock but with a new rear shock you wont like your stock fronts.

Posted by: Sick0

how much does it cost.

Posted by: Nausty

I think rear is like 500 but if you race I think thats the way to go.

Posted by: Pro400EXC

Hey,i was wodnering,how much sagg can you get from this bad boy? I eman,my 400 looks like a cat with its ***** up in the air,so will the Mac-Daddy or PEP ZPS conversion tot he rear,make her alot lower in the back?and by how much?

Thks,
Pro

Posted by: ESR250R

u can adjust your stock 400ex shock to sit lower right now, and dont say it will bottom out easier because it wont i like to have my back of the quad sit a little lower than my front.

Posted by: Blizzard24

An alternative is to have Elka do the rear conversion themselves, they use a dual rate setup w the ssd and its $375
I have the rear conversion from TCS and its as good as any Race shock setup.

Posted by: Jeff@TireBalls

The MacDaddy conversion will lower your ride height about 1.5" to 2". Backing off the preload on the stock shock will lower your ride height but WILL make it softer and bottom out easier.

Posted by: Pro400EXC

Hey Jeff,or anybody, i need help. Haha LOL I screwed up bad I think. I dunno why i did it.

But I was backing off the pre-load on the rear,when i said Hey whats this do,and turned that big knob (that goes around the outside of the adjuster screw on top) and oil starded shooting out,so I quick tried to turn it back in,but ohh no,i lost about a cup of oil or so,so what do I do?

It still has compression and all,can I re-fill it myself? Or just get it done,or wait til she blows and then have it re-valved and all,or re-serviced?

also,for some reason,I kinda stripped out the top adjuster screw on the rear shock,so how can I fix that too? Just gove it to Marcum to fix,since he is 20min away from me?

Thks,
Pro

Posted by: Jeff@TireBalls

Ya, you'll need to have it serviced!

Posted by: Sick0

Pro400ex, I would have PM"ed jeff. Your story is funny though. Jeff could you PM' for the price of the mac daddy prices and option. I will be buying the elkas pretty soon and like a rear shocks that go with them. I'm getting the SSD fronts.