HOSS 3.0 Perch Lift Installation Question

[Figmo]

Plenty of videos out there for perch lifts - but I haven’t found one specific for the HOSS 3.0 Fox on my Wildtrak. Question:

All the videos show that once you have the strut disassembled, you just knock the perch off with a hammer. Slide the new lift spacer on, then slide the perch back on top of it. On my Fox struts - banging on those perches is not doing a damn thing.

Before I get more aggressive I want to be sure these are the same as the Bilsteins. Looking at them, it appears that the perch sits on an inner separate ring - both of them have notches. Almost as if to accept a spanner wrench of some sort. (circled in yellow in pic below)

So can somebody confirm that these perches just beat off? Or are they threaded on?

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[GTTom]

When I was researching perch collars here is a video I found that shows taking the perch off a Fox shock. Yes it looks like you hammer the collar off.

 

[GTTom]

I'd also recommend cleaning the shock really well before trying to hammer the perch off. It's a friction fit and trying to hammer the perch over grit and dirt will only bind it more.

 

[Figmo]

When I was researching perch collars here is a video I found that shows taking the perch off a Fox shock. Yes it looks like you hammer the collar off.

good find! answered the question (and then some)

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