To all,
I sense I offended with my comments about why drain and refill shocks.
No
offense or judgement was intended, honest. I thought I was adding a little
levity to my diatribe on shocks. I aplogise if I ruffled any feathers.
John,..... consider replacing those shocks. There should be no loose
rubber bits, and there are no bushings in the shocks to shed metal filings.
I will say that Sprite front shocks are known for making a ridge in their
bores from removing wall material.... much more so than any of the other
Armstrongs... and the oil does show the particulates. And Nory, let me know
how the next basted turkey tastes ;-)
I'm off to curl! See ya Peter C
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At 09:20 AM 3/18/99 , Gronberg, John wrote:
>I replaced the fluid in my shocks this winter. The rear shocks were
>installed in 1989 and I hadn't serviced them in years. The rears were in
>pretty good shape but still had lots of metal fillings and what looked like
>pieces of "O" ring rubber. The fronts were only three years old but still
>had some "particle" matter inside. While I agree with some people who
>indicate the shock, "under normal circumstances" should not need fluid or
>much maintenance, sometimes the quality of the shock "rebuilds" you get over
>the counter these days, leaves something to be desired. My experience tells
>me the shock can leak fluid and the internal bushings do shed metal
>fillings. I would guesrtmate a clean out a refill would be prudent about
>every 25000 or so miles depending on your driving style.
>
>-
>Regards
>John Gronberg
>Siemens Building Technologies, Inc.
>Buffalo Grove, Illinois 60089-4513
>847-215-1050 ex 5092
>Fax 847-215-9519
>john.gronberg@us.landisstaefa.com
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Nory P [SMTP:nory_midget@yahoo.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 1999 8:44 AM
>> To: Hanna, Mark; 'Peter C.'
>> Cc: 'Spridgets@Autox.Team.Net'
>> Subject: RE: Shocks
>>
>>
>>
>> I changed the fluid in my front shocks (on the car) by sucking out the
>> old stuff with a turkey baster, and putting in new. As far as the
>> "need" for this goes - the old stuff was pretty grungy-looking, like
>> used motor oil. Don't know if it was hurting anything like that, but
>> I'm sure glad I replaced it, just in case.
>>
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