Do tube shocks ever make a load pop when they go?
( ie: in really hot weather. )
Robert D.
----- Original Message -----
> wet shocks are not a good thing!
>
> chuck.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> > Well, . . . maybe not.
> >
> > I went digging this morning and it looks like all I need is a floor
patch.
> > The spring hanger box looks solid enough.
> >
> > http://www3.sympatico.ca/robertduquette/temp/pulled_down2.jpg
> >
> > Which sends me back to the drawing board on what that sound and shimmy
> > was???
> > brakes sticking?
> > jumped a tooth on the WW spline?
> >
> > I wasn't accelerating hard . . .
> >
> > And just to confirm what I wish wasn't true, when your spax shocks have
> oil
> > on the outside, they're gonners?
> >
> > Robert D.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > > Yes, "Spring has sprung".
> > >
> > > Yesterday as I was pulling away from a stop, it sounded and felt like
my
> > car
> > > had been mildly rear-ended. I checked my mirror to see what happened,
> and
> > > the pickup behind me was not close enough to have nudged me. Then I
> > started
> > > to look for parts on the road as I pulled away. ( it wasn't a good
> place
> > to
> > > stop. ) I didn't find any. Thoughts of what had happened went
through
> my
> > > mind and later I found that the right rear spring hanger was pulling
> away
> > > from the chassis.
> > >
> > > So as not to let Miss Marple go the same route as my '65 Sprite, I
have
> > > called a local Brit car establishment to pursue having it
professionally
> > > repaired. Not cheap.
> > >
> > > It was last repaired in 1985, at a place called Broadway Motors (
> > > restoration shop ) in England.
> > >
> > > Robert D.
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