As I have pointed out on the list before, Spridgets do not
have a full upper A-arm, one half from either side of the damper, but
only a single arm on the front side of the damper. The back side is
a cylindrical bearing housing with a sort of flush-fitting disc for a
plug. Never had one out, so I don't know how it is supposed to seal.
I cleaned this area up as well as possible and covered it with Ultra
Blue. I have no idea if this will work. Maybe it won't and I'll have
to find out how to remove and refit them to not leak. There was no
trace of leakage on the right damper, but I Ultra-Blued it on spec as
long as I was there. After another 24-hour wait, I checked it again.
There was leakage again. There was a spot wet with shock oil in the
center (!) of the plug-plate. Obviously, it migrated there from an
edge. I cleaned up the area as well as possible and covered it all
with a second layer of UltraBlue. Am I fighting a losing battle here?
I am begining to think that there is a seal on the shaft inside like
the seal on the business end of the shaft, and that the round
plug-plates aren't intended to seal at all. There must be some thing
wrong with the internal seal on the left shock. Great. Can I
complain to the rebuilder after a year that he didn't put in a seal
right? If I can seal this plug-plate thing up, it should be OK,
because there is no other way for oil to leak out on that side of
the body of the shock absorber.
Anybody got any ideas here? phile@pwcs.stpaul.gov
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