Changed the spring on my '18 FX 350 today and couldn't figure out how to get the spring off. Your video was spot on - thanks!

Thanks a ton for having an easy to follow "how to"...just swapped my rear spring today...was easier than I expected!!

Great video, just swapped out the spring on my '17 300xc and this was a helpful guide. Thanks for sharing.

No need for all this work just to swap springs. Back your preload ring off to where the spring has plenty of vertical movement. Take the 2 bolts out at the bottom like he does. Push the spring up and remove the circlip and washer at the bottom of the shock. Just pull the spring out from the bottom. 5 minute job.

Just swapped my shock out on my 2015 Husqvarna te250... used this method... all done in approx 45mins, including a coffee and a smoke. Thanks for the short tutorial.

Thank you, that was extremely helpful in showing me how to remove my rear shock!

I never had a linkage dirt bike, thank you for this video. however it seemed like the spring would slide off thru the bottom. bottom two bolts like mentioned prior and came out easy, just need to support rear tire. no need to take swingarm off or the top shock bolt. thanks again for video though!!

Never thought of pulling swing arm bolt to get access to pull shock off. I always took the sub frame off and pull shock up and out.

From your neighbor to the south that is a killer graphic kit!

Great step by step, thank you.

Very helpful, thanks 4 posting.

Hello , which spring i need to use ? I m 90 -92 kg ? Thank you

Did you have a skid plate with linkage guard you had to remove as well? I need to replace my spring and pretty sure my skid plate will need to come off and because Of that so will my pipe. (Skid plate can’t be removed otherwise) won’t be as clean cut and short as this one.

Hello my friend. Please re-do the video. I almost followed your advice , thankfully someday in the comments noted that you do not need to remove the shock and spring. Or the swing arm. Or the chain. This video creates all this extra work for nothing Just take of those 2 bottom bolts and remove spring. Slide the spring down. It literally took me 6 mins. No need to remove chain , swing arm or anything just do everything on the bike. Less chance of doing damage. Thanks for your efforts but if you’re wrong you shouldn’t keep this post up. Please don’t get me wrong. Your presentation itself is excellent. Just that most of don’t want to pull half the bike apart if we don’t have to.

Thanks. This got me through it

Good vid. I'm buying a used bike and I'll need to swap the spring out. Don't want to take it to the shop.

Good job on the install and video!I just picked up a 2018 250XC, will be re-springing as well, I'm about your size...what spring rate did you change to?

How did it change your riding experience, with the stronger spring? Are you going to do the front springs?

Would this work on a 2017 FC450?

Where did you get your heavy duty spring from? And what size did you go for? I’m 130kg and want to upgrade mine too!

I need a bigger spring for my 2019 300 XC. What WP spring would I need for my weight of 230 lbs. With all my gear on?

just asking here. you put a 51 260 on there, how much do you weigh?

Don’t need to remove swingarm, or bolt, just leverage the swingarm up

How do you like the AER forks?

Wouldnt it be faster and easier to just lift the subframe??

now take that swingarm bolt back out and grease it up before reinstalling that will seize solid with no grease been there done that

This is not the way you want to replace the rear spring. You can simply remove two linkage bolts, and the circlip from under the spring retainer to remove and replace the spring.

You can flip the sub frame up much easier