Ohlins Snowmobile shock absorbers Owner’s Manual
Öhlins want to congratulate you on your choice of the Öhlins snowmobile shock, the shock absorber used by most of the top snowmobile and motorcycle racers through- out the world. Öhlins shock absorbers are developed in close cooperation with the factory teams all over the world and have dominated the Grand Prix racing scene for several years. Öhlins have in the past years captured more World Championship titles than any other brand of shock absorbers.
Your new Öhlins shock absorbers have a basic setting that has been developed especially for each brand and type of snow- mobile. Total length, travel, spring force and damping forces are carefully calibrated during testing riding cross country and at race speeds on snowcross tracks. The settings are consequently the results of extensive testing with your snowmobile and no guesswork!
Öhlins have a network of authorised dealers in Europe, USA, Australia and Japan, These dealers are specially trained to help you with service, repairs, change of springs and personally tuned adjustments. Design Öhlins shock absorbers are designed according to the de Carbon concept. In short that means that the shock oil is under pressure by gas and separated from the gas by a floating piston.
This eliminates the chance of inconsistent damping due to aeration of the damping oil and improves the cooling because the oil is in direct contact with the outer tubing. The damping piston has shims on both sides. The shims on one side controls the compression damping and on the other side the rebound damping.
By changing the shims, different numbers, thickness and/or diameter, every Öhlins shock absorber can be tailor made for a specific snowmobile model.
A built in compensating system keep the damping force the same at all temperatures. All Öhlins snowmobile shock absorbers also have a new patented ice scraper on the piston shaft preventing ice from damaging the seals and moisture from entering the shock absorber.
Checking the ride height
Your new Öhlins shock absorbers are set up for normal cross country riding with your snowmobile, as supplied by the manufacturer, ridden by a rider of average weight carrying light luggage or a passenger. Even if your snowmobile has no extra equipment it is wise to check the ride height after you have fitted your new shock absorbers.
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