Conventional Spring Swap..

[cfspawn]

Hey all looking to swap my front fork springs from a stock 1990 E2 KDX which from what i can tell would be 470mm in lenght and .32k weight looking to throw a set of 1998 H KDX springs in which are 470m length and .35kg are these just a straight swap or do you have to make spacers or any other mods ? from what i can tell they should just be a straight swap any ideas would be appreciated..

 

[cfspawn]

Sorry mine are .30kg rated are these the same length as the 98H springs thats what i mainly need to know

 

[QLD_KDX]

mate, you can put in longer springs if you want. In my '96 200, I put eibach springs to suit the XR400; a heavier spring to start with, and longer too at about 520 mm. I means that instead of needing that whopping great preload spacer, you can get your preload from a much shorter spacer. Now, I don't know if those springs would suit your earlier model, but have a yarn to any of the MX parts places or check the Eibach website for specs. I got mine thru Ballards.

I have also read somewhere that the post 95 springs are a good mod for the pre 95 models, but at .35 kg they are still soft...

Andrew