Rear Shock questions and Ideas

[Chopperpilot]

Yeah, I think I'm going to try drilling and tapping the cap to take a brass 1/8" MNPT schrader valve.

[KDXGarage]

Look on eBay for a junk shock to get another cap. I did the same 20 years ago.

Pull up, without wiggling it too much side to side.

[Chuck78]

The reservoir on the YZ shock is way too long.......like the clevis is. So is he suggesting swapping the clevis onto the 16 or 18mm YZ shaft?

Yes, he said he pulled them both apart after watching a video on how to remove KYB clevises off of shocks, and found that they will directly interchange, the KDX clevis onto the 2012 YZ250F shock. He said the reservoir position was the same KDX200H vs '12 YZ250F.
The only concern I would have would be whether or not the reservoir will clear the exhaust, as I'm not sure he has the expansion chamber on the bike at present, or if he's tried to test fit it on the bike. I'll double check with him before he orders Race Tech Gold Valves for both the YZ fork and shock.

EDIT - he said he's getting back in the shop today assemble everything with his potential Yamaha YZ shock retrofit for the KDX to see if it will indeed fit the way it needs to.

[Chopperpilot]

OK, the YZ shock I have (which I think is an 06/07??) the reservoir is definitely too long.
I got a deal on a 99 CR250R shock (the showa bladder cap is apparently the same as the KYB bladder cap according to the aftermarket) to fix my KDX shock. So we'll have another comparison shock soon...... haha. The CRF has HS compression adjustment and is a 46mm.