Xpl shock seat

[DAGRE147]

Well fellas I'm in a pickle. My 97 xpl shock is working fine, but it seems to not be compressing correctly when I try to reinstall the seat. It's sitting too high and I can't attach the rubber boot because of how high it's sitting. I've adjusted the manual knob on the bottom of the shock but is still too tall. Attached pics, I removed the rubbed sleeve for better pic

 

[SabrToothSqrl]

the adjustment is for rider weight. it won't help for the install.

I have a 02, you have to remove the black portion under the seat. it's held in by (4) 7/32 bolts

oddly one of the very few non metric bolts on a sea-doo. It's these and the ones in the handlebars. same bolts.

you'll need a 7/32 with 1/4" drive and i usually use a 2 or 4" extension.

 

[DAGRE147]

Well I removed the black cover under seat and it did nothing for the shock at all....

 

[DAGRE147]

Revisiting this since I'm back in the states. The seat still sits too high, rubbing the hood, and the rubber boot still has a good 2 inches where I can't fasten it. Anybody?

The shock just seems like it's too long, I measured my 98xpl and the shock is 2 inches shorter?

 

[mikidymac]

Where did the shock come from. It should be the same length on all 97+ XP's.

The shock is not compressed at all when installed. If it is too long it is the wrong shock or broken.

 

[DAGRE147]

It looks like all shocks I've seen on eBay, and still compresses if that gives you any idea. Frustrating that I finally have everything finished and it's the Damn seat that's effed up lol

 

[mikidymac]

Maybe take a few pics of the lower mount.

 

[Matt Braley]

I don't think they are not the same on all 97 and later XP's. At first they had a higher mount and a shorter shock and then they had a shorter mount and a longer shock. You have a 97 there could you confirm this? If you do need a shorter shock I have one on a HX seat you can have. I need to give you back those alignment parts anyway.

 

[96spxpos]

that's not the same shock that you took off?

 

[DanSquires]

I came across a similar issue earlier this year when replacing a broken shock on one of my 97 XP's. I had a 99 XPL sitting around, but discovered that they were two different lengths and made this exact thing happen.

 

[mikidymac]

I stand corrected.
1997 XP uses shock # 291001091
1998-2004 XPL uses shock #291001244

 

[DAGRE147]

Pic one is the 98, it's roughly 10.5 inches

Pic two is 97, ~12.5 inches, this is the one that seems to sit high when I reinstall it

 

[DanSquires]

if you're stuck with the shock, you can get the carrier/mount from an XPL, that will lower the seat to where it's supposed to be. Or get the correct shock... which saves about eleventy hundred hours.

 

[DAGRE147]

It's the stock shock as far as I can tell, which is where I'm confused. I don't wanna buy another one and run into the same problem.

 

[DanSquires]

It's the stock shock as far as I can tell, which is where I'm confused. I don't wanna buy another one and run into the same problem.

the correct 97 shock is the 10" one. Matt Braley appears to have one for you.

 

[DAGRE147]

Oooo I didn't see your first post about you having the same issue. So what probably happened was when I took off the seats, I switched them somehow since they are very similar. Hahaha man what an idiot I am

 

[mikidymac]

The 98' must be sitting like a low rider.

 

[DAGRE147]

I luckily hadn't put it back on yet, so it was pretty easy to switch the shocks