Noleen shocks

[Peter Callahan]

Hello,
I also have a 856beast with original girvin ODS shocks front and back, and the elastomer has gone hard.   Can I ask, did you find a solution with the noleen shocks, or have you fitted different shocks? If so, what type, and where can I obtain them.
regards
Peter

[kiwi]

peter the mcu springs or elastomers can be softened temporarily,by immersing in warm/hot water or 10 sec bursts in a microwave.Obviously the shock needs to be pulled off the bike and pulled to peices.......Risse and stratos do direct substitutes,any  x57 or 98 1000,2000,3000 noleens will go on the rear but not the givin vetor fork and several guys here have made adapters to fit "Normal" shocks fit our one off struts.Look throught the gallery read any "shock" threads and post up any resulting queries.The last option is to fit a set of steel springs to your ods units