We dissasembled a junk shock just to see what might be going wrong inside
and discovered that not only could the bore be damaged (which would I
presume at least be repeatable) there is a check valve in the piston that
allows the air to escape. my feeling is the check valve is allowing fluid to
pass by of course at different rates producing different dampening . I know
how to get them apart but im not certain what the fix is yet. still working
on it with Tony.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Babcock" <BillB@bnj.com>
To: "'Jeff Quick'" <quicktr4@comcast.net>; <fot@Autox.Team.Net>; "Jack W.
Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 11:16 PM
Subject: RE: lever shock testing
> So what's the fix? Do you choose the best from a bunch? Or does this mean
> I
> should have converted Peyote to tube shock as I first intended last fall.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-fot@Autox.Team.Net [mailto:owner-fot@Autox.Team.Net] On Behalf
> Of Jeff Quick
> Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 10:40 PM
> To: fot@Autox.Team.Net; Jack W. Drews
> Cc: Jeff Quick
> Subject: lever shock testing
>
> I have recently been helping my freind Tony Garmey at horizon racing with
> some progects. One of them getting the shock Dyno set up for lever arm
> shocks. It it now posible to have you lever arm shock tested! We found out
> some really interesting things with the lever shocks on the dyno. some
> shocks even though they feel like they are working fine (even a new NOS
> shock) had irratic perfomance. Each time run on the dyno produced
> diffierent
> numbers.Changing valves made no improvement it is internal in the shock.
> Tony is a fair guy and will test your shocks for you tube or lever. you
> can
> email him at horzonracing@msn.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
> To: <fot@Autox.Team.Net>
> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 10:23 AM
> Subject: Southwick axle notes
>
>
>>A cople of items that I've learned about our Southwick axles --
>>
>> 1. I tried to take off my brake drums for winter maintenance. One came
>> off fine. The other (aluminum) drum had become much too friendly with
>> the nub on the end of the axle (steel). The car has been wet a number
>> of times so that contributed to the electrolysis. It was not fun. I'm
>> going to put a little never seize on the shoulder when I put it back
>> together, but I know that stuff gets really runny when hot. Anyone
>> know of a high temp anti-seize compound?
>>
>>
>> 2. At least one Lister has found the the ball bearings on the axles
>> needed to be replaced on his car. it's a good thing to check. All
>> these ball bearings have a little bit of slop in them even when new,
>> but his had noticeably more slop after several years' use.
>>
>> uncle jack
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