Just seen this on the Ducati Ms site on one of the posts from someone attempting the same as me. "Getting the shock out is a problem. There's no clearance. I found there are only two options (I have the Termi Full system which interferes with the swing arm); 1) remove the exhaust 2) remove the swingarm pivot and drop the swing arm I opted for the latter. Have fun!"
Can someone let me know the size of socket required to remove rear wheel please, I think I'm going to need to order one.
Sorry John I was out but see you got an answer from @Startline Al. I've got a 1098 which is 55mm but I just Googled around and I'm seeing a lot of people on the .org site saying its 46mm and 176Nm torque if that's correct then at least it won't be as big a hassle as 230Nm on the 1098 If its not been off for a while it will be super tight. Personally I would not even think about trying to do it on the stand. If its similar to 1098 a scaffolding pole will be handy and a mate and a wall or high kerb too.
No Problem Al, did order a 55mm socket, although I should be able to cancel. I already have a 46mm for my Trumpet, so I can get on with the job now.
@Exige. Nice looking tool, but don't think I could get them in and use with shock in situ[/QUOTE] You can wind them in to just compress one or two springs so you should be able to get them in on this job and save taking the pipe off, but not if you haven't got any
Just read this on Ducati Ms Soooo, I was Pulling the shock on our 08 848 with Termi's and decided to look here to see if there was a secret to getting it out. I pulled the bolts and the rocker and it was just short of fitting out. I read this thread and thought "OMG, pull swingarm? You Duc guys are way to fussy about doing things perfect! Lol" a little tip boys and girls. A cool thing about a shock and spring, it collapses! I left the lower part of shock in recess, put tire iron type bar under tail cross braceand tip of bar on top of shock, just a little pressure and it popped right under brace and was free and out of bike. Another small tip. If you tip the ride height link forward you can put the long rocker linkage bolt back in frame and thru top of link to set the bike back on it's wheels and make it mobile again
46 mm for 848 Does it wiggle UP then DOWN? I am *sure I took wheel off and with practice managed to get out with just cans off and exhaust in place, by going up towards thentank then down again..may have even gone out the front?! *but not 100% lol
You would need to be a magician to get it out front ways . I tried for hours , trying all possibilities, but it soon becomes clear that the only way out is top eye rearwards. This would be a realistic 20 min job, but the frame brace obstructs this method, need to get swing arm lower to gain clearance, recently found out it seems arm is hitting mid pipes, that's the problem.
I didn't manage to remove shock without removing mid pipes. Some say it could be done but I couldn't. Once pipes are off then it's a 15 minute job...
Its a practice thing, sure after several times taling it out, and messing with pipes, we found a way to get it in and out. But its no 916 to work on, thats for sure. Road bike, not race bike
I'm sure it would pop out if you put a bolt through its top fixing hole and used a flat bar/crowbar between the bolt and the frame to lever it. Gonna have to be strong & long though to get some leverage, stick a rag between it & the frame so you don't damage the paint. Having said that if you're gonna have the same problem reinstalling it might be best removing the exhaust & dropping the whole back end
Reassemble or before disassembly, have a fat bastard sit on the bike to compress the spring as much as possible, then with wire/strop/tiedown or something tie the spring in this position then disassemble, should fit out that way, done this before on bikes and cars, however never looked at an 848 rear suspension before so it may not be possible on one.
On a std 848 you could get a proper man, 30 stoner, sit on it and you'd still only get 4mm of sag! Its a bit firm that spring..
