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Originally Posted by AliBaba
5 mm vertical freeplay is a lot and you should probably hear it when riding on rough roads.
Vertical freeplay is normally bearings in the linkage or in the shock-mounts. Usually the lower shock-mount bearing fails before the upper.
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It is a lot if it is actually freeplay (which I doubt). If it were freeplay in the bushes or bearings the back would feel pretty lose as you say.
My XT600E did exactly the same thing with 1500 miles on it and all the bearings and bushes were tight and smooth. It was just the movement in the shock before it took the load. Once I cranked up the pre-load, it dissapeared.
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