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Subject: Damper settings
From: "WILLIAM B LAWRENCE" <ynotink@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2006 02:03:46 +0000
To the racers among us, or anyone else who might want to chip in:

I have a couple of Armstrong lever arm dampers (easier to type than "shock 
absorbers") that I need to send out for a rebuild. I was told they had heavy 
duty damping, so I pulled the valves out and one spring set seems to be a 
lot heavier than the other. The small spring (rebound I think) has seven 
coils of spring in a heavier wire than the other which has nine coils. The 
larger springs have the same number of coils, but the heavy set is a much 
larger wire. From this examination I think I have one normal damper and one 
heavy.

My question(s):

>From experience, what does the heavy valving mean for performance, and ride 
comfort?

Has anyone who has used them had any problems with the added suspension 
loads damaging the chassis mounting points?

Does anyone recommend them for road use and if so does anyone have one spare 
valve laying around in the way, and if not does anyone need one?

Thanks.

Bill Lawrence




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