ok i had to remove the shock and use the link. used the pins that were in the link after drilling some holes in the frame.the i ended up re drilling the holes and fliping the link over be cause the bike just sat to high for me. now its nice and low but it will drag a pedel around a sharp turn if im not care full. i got the bike at good will for ten bucks.it was trashed.it really handles good. i need to replace the pins with bolts as theres some slop and bending of the pins.but really i got a hard tail frame and want to just switch frames.