You can stiffen the shocks by using a heavier weight oil.
Bill Beecher
'58 TR-3A TS/30766 L (On the road in 2009!)
'59 TR-3A TS/64974 LO (in buckets, for sale... anyone?)
"A Triumph is man's best friend, it always comes when it is called...of
course, some times it is difficult to make it go"
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From: triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of terryrs@comcast.net
Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 4:20 PM
To: Todd Richmond
Cc: TR List
Subject: Re: [TR] TR3 Rear Shock Absorbers
Oh.B And the test is on the workbench, working the levers by hand to feel
for resistance.B Nothing really complicated.
>I'm tempted to just refill the lever
>shocks with oil and see if that works well enough, but how do you test
>if these things are working without actually driving around on them?
Well, now you mention, the rear lever shocks are something I should have
added to the list of indestructable TR3 parts that didn't need rebuilding
during my restoration.B B In essence, I did just what you suggest, which is
to drain all the old oil, and refill with about a half pint of Harley
Davidson Hydraulic Fork Oil, Type B.
If I recall List advice at the time, there were suggestions that stiffness
can be added by doing something to a spring, but I don't remember very well
and this could be just my doddering brain. At any rate, I didn't do anything
like that, and the car handles bumps about as well as I would want from a
hardcore minimalist two-seater sportscar with power under the hood and nuts
behind the wheel.B _______________________________________________
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