I would expect them to be roughly equal.
You might try draining each, inspecting/cleaning the inside "valve", refilling
and checking again.
If they are still not even, then I suspect one of the "valves" is bad.
Right or wrong, I used Harley Davidson fork oil in mine.
On Dec 30, 2013, at 3:19 PM, john-marie@sbcglobal.net wrote:
> Hello List,
>
> Am going through rear suspension components in preparation for reassembly.
> Have Armstrong dampers. About twice the force is required to move one
damper
> arm vs. the other. Seems like the resistance of the two dampers should be
> close. Fluid levels are equal.
>
> So, should the resistance of the dampers be close to the same? If they
> aren't, is there an easy fix? BTW, is there an off-the-shelf oil that can
be
> used, or is TR shock absorber fluid required. Thanks.
>
> John DeLuca
> TR4A in Restoration
>
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