Install a Ohlins Steering Damper

burg226 · #1 (**permalink**) 10-28-2009, 08:38 PM

Hey guys, I need a hand...

When i bought the bike the guy through in a brand new Ohlins Steering Damper. Now i have the fairing stay installed but don't know how to install the actual damper. The guy didnt give me any instructions with it. Has anyone installed the Ohlins damper? Anyone have the manual or instructions they could send me? Please???

Its a 2001 RC51. Thanks,

burG

geremy · #2 (**permalink**) 10-29-2009, 12:59 AM

Harris kit? If so I have the instructions I can scan and send tomorrow or so...

burg226 · #3 (**permalink**) 10-29-2009, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by geremy

Harris kit? If so I have the instructions I can scan and send tomorrow or so...

It's the Ohlins piston-style damper.

rgm · #4 (**permalink**) 10-29-2009, 04:25 PM

I don't know how much this will help, but here is a series of pictures that shows all the parts and the damper installed. Good luck.

Google Image Result for http://www.rc51.org/tests/dampers/ohlins.jpg

geremy · #5 (**permalink**) 10-29-2009, 08:12 PM

I have the harris kit, which has a different fairing stay which actually sits in the top triple clamp nut.

vanessa · #6 (**permalink**) 10-29-2009, 08:54 PM

should look like this

geremy · #7 (**permalink**) 10-29-2009, 11:39 PM

Actually mine is 'horizontally transformed' from yours. I have the swivel nut on the right and the adjustment on the left. The two clamp screws are also oriented in the reverse direction. This way I can adjust it without letting go of the throttle/brake. Not that I have ever done so, mind.

burg226 · #8 (**permalink**) 10-30-2009, 08:21 PM

I think i have it figured out now, thanks guys.