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Gosford, NSW, Australia
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Been a long time since a post here and there are a few little issues and fixes that will probably not be documented. However, this one I'm a bit chuffed about.
I've been looking, asking, deliberating and generally stalling on the front shock issue for some time now - not sure whether I've actually documented it here but to cut a long story short, I've always had one dodgy shock. Front drivers leaked like a sieve, filled it again once, but just leaked out again. So that shock was ineffectual with the associated stability issues that come with it.
Basically I'm too stingy to bite the bullet to get new ones.
I'd been checking out all the ones that come up on EBay but they always went for stupid money.
An ambiguously worded auction came up recently and I was watching but was going away when it was due so just for the heck of it I threw a bid of $50 dollars at it and it jumped from $19 to $31. Oh well, that's that I thought. Blow me down when I came home 4 days later, I'd won it at $31. Wow!
I think most people thought it was for one shock with bent arms - the ad was ambiguous, IMO.
Anyway, drove to Windsor and picked them up - another good EBay deal.
They were nice and dry and looked good, a little rusty but very good value and I was happy. I didn't feel too guilty about taking them off the guy. He's selling lots of stuff and he's getting some good and some bad sales, I was just one of the bad ones for him. Swings and roundabouts.
Gave them a cleanup, used a primer on the steel bits after wire brushing them and had a go at straightening the arms on the bent one (the other was perfect).
It looked like it had been in an accident or slammed a curb and the kingpin assembly had been twisted back at the bottom. Anyway, my vise opened just enough to hold the axle lengthwise and with a large shifter and a pipe on the handle the arms were straightened carefully taking measurements from the good one and it came back easily.
Deliberated whether to change the oil but I checked out their motion as per the manual and tightened up the screws on the inspection plate and because the gaskets were dry and they moved just as they should, I decided to leave sleeping dogs lie.
Put one on last wednesday and following the manual it was easy and went well.
Makes a big difference to the driving and over bumps and it feels the same as the other one with the bounce test.
May change the other one out as well, just to have the pair but at this stage it's all good.
I'll hang on to the dud one, I'm sure it's fine for an exchange if someone else wants it.
I've been looking, asking, deliberating and generally stalling on the front shock issue for some time now - not sure whether I've actually documented it here but to cut a long story short, I've always had one dodgy shock. Front drivers leaked like a sieve, filled it again once, but just leaked out again. So that shock was ineffectual with the associated stability issues that come with it.
Basically I'm too stingy to bite the bullet to get new ones.
I'd been checking out all the ones that come up on EBay but they always went for stupid money.
An ambiguously worded auction came up recently and I was watching but was going away when it was due so just for the heck of it I threw a bid of $50 dollars at it and it jumped from $19 to $31. Oh well, that's that I thought. Blow me down when I came home 4 days later, I'd won it at $31. Wow!
I think most people thought it was for one shock with bent arms - the ad was ambiguous, IMO.
Anyway, drove to Windsor and picked them up - another good EBay deal.
They were nice and dry and looked good, a little rusty but very good value and I was happy. I didn't feel too guilty about taking them off the guy. He's selling lots of stuff and he's getting some good and some bad sales, I was just one of the bad ones for him. Swings and roundabouts.
Gave them a cleanup, used a primer on the steel bits after wire brushing them and had a go at straightening the arms on the bent one (the other was perfect).
It looked like it had been in an accident or slammed a curb and the kingpin assembly had been twisted back at the bottom. Anyway, my vise opened just enough to hold the axle lengthwise and with a large shifter and a pipe on the handle the arms were straightened carefully taking measurements from the good one and it came back easily.
Deliberated whether to change the oil but I checked out their motion as per the manual and tightened up the screws on the inspection plate and because the gaskets were dry and they moved just as they should, I decided to leave sleeping dogs lie.
Put one on last wednesday and following the manual it was easy and went well.
Makes a big difference to the driving and over bumps and it feels the same as the other one with the bounce test.
May change the other one out as well, just to have the pair but at this stage it's all good.
I'll hang on to the dud one, I'm sure it's fine for an exchange if someone else wants it.
EBay photos showing one shock
No where does he show 2 shocks together
Shot of the twisted arms
Both after their cleanup and straighten
Both arms were bent on one. swapped so each had a original arm
Shot after old one taken off
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