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Re: Shocks for a Herald/Spit

To: "Shawn Amershek" <Shawn_Amershek@BayNetworks.COM>, <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>, "Listers" <british-cars@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: Re: Shocks for a Herald/Spit
From: "Dave H." <nowin4me@telis.org>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 97 15:01:05 -0000
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>Dave,
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>I have a 76 Spitfire and simply went to the local
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>auto parts store and ordered air adjustable shocks
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>for a 1976 corvette, $85.00 for both shocks and the
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>air lines.
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>The top and bottom bushing must be removed from the
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>new shocks, the bushings are too big.  This isn't easy, 
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>mine were glued in so I worked on each one for 20 minutes
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>with a pair of vise-grips, pulling piece by piece.
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>The bushings in my old shocks were only about a
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>year old and not glued in, so I just slid them out
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>and placed them in the air adjustables.
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>The whole job took about 2 hours so it wasen't that
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>bad.
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>Any questions, 
Thanks, this is the story I've been getting. 
It's nice to know there is such a vast array of knowledge available.

Dave

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