Larry-
Considering the safety factor first, cost second, call or E-mail Worldwide &
have
them ship you a rebuilt.
Jim
Larry wrote:
> Hello all.
>
> Last summer I had a couple instances where I almost lost control of my B
> during "chatterbump" type road conditions. The car would just drift to the
> left during these episodes, then as soon as I was off the rough surface all
> was fine. My gut instinct told me shocks, but I had no way of checking as the
> car was being my emergency transportation while another vehicle was down. I
> also had a clunk up front so thought it might be a bad bushing.
>
> Well, finally this weekend while tearing the front end down for an engine swap
> I found the culprit. the shock has what I will call a "dead" zone in it. The
> shock arm will move a good 1"+ without any resistance. then it will get thick
> like it should. this tells me there is air in the system.
>
> What do I do to get rid of this?? Drain the entire shock, then refill it?
> are there any "tricks" or procedures you folks could recommend? My haynes
> manual tells me nothing..
>
> Larry
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