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Dec 19, 2014 | 06:18 AM

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Originally Posted by heel2toe

Speaking of revalves, who here has had their Ohlins revalved and where did you send them? I spoke with someone at PerformanceShock a couple months ago and he was quite knowledgeable and friendly for that matter. I know they have a good reputation so I will probably end up sending them there but if someone has other recommendations I'm all ears...

CBRD get do a lot of custom valving for ohlins setup on their clients cars. maybe you can contact them and see who they use.

Dec 19, 2014 | 08:47 AM

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You can send them to Ohlins service but I know Works and Anze are good places. They are both Ohlins authorized service centers and known for good suspension tuning.

Thanks!. I forgot about Anze. They are relatively local as well so that's a plus.

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I measured again: 16.00mm spherical bearing ID. The top nut OD is 15.93mm.

It seems strange that Ohlins has switched to a smaller spherical bearing. It's not like there would be a huge cost savings there.

The new Ciro bearing plate has the spherical bearing sit below the camber plate. This moves the whole strut down about 10-15mm. I have the Ohlins ride height almost at the minimum setting, but the actual ride height is close to the ride height with "normal" camber plates and the Ohlins at their factory ride height setting. If I wanted to go much lower (I don't, yet) I'd probably have to switch camber plates first.

Either that or Rick made some new upper plates that accept these new bearing carriers right-side-up and just forgot to tell me about it.

You can also see that my Ohlins' spherical bearing has a smaller ID than the Ciro plates.

Performance Shock did top-notch work on my Ohlins.

Thanks for the pictures. That is very strange that they are now using a smaller bearing. I knew something was amiss as you are clearly not an idiot so for all your measurements to be off just didn't seem right...I'll try and snap some pictures of my plates this weekend. You can almost see from looking at the pictures that the Ohlins spherical is smaller. Really strange...

My CDR plates have the new bearing pack (I think) Its D shaped rather than a circle however I didnt have to mount them upside down like you did so maybe I dont...

Oh and glad to hear Performance Shock did a nice job on yours. I've only heard great things from them but I like to shop around and research the **** out of things before I pull the trigger so I'm going to make some calls to a few shops and send them where I feel most comfortable.

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CBRD get do a lot of custom valving for ohlins setup on their clients cars. maybe you can contact them and see who they use.

I'll email Chad and see what he has to say...

Dec 19, 2014 | 11:04 AM

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we use ohlins usa and performance shock

we've been pressured to be a re-valve center but simply dont have the time!

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Dec 19, 2014 | 11:20 AM

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Oh hey Chad

Guess I don't have to email you...so have you noticed any differences between going through PS vs. Ohlins USA? Any reason I should choose one over the other?