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Shocking!
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Tom,
I will be serious here now.
New shocks were put on the “Mandolin” on 10-29-09 with milage at 157,000 miles. That means, with your stated milage, only 18,000 miles were on them when you changed them. Sandy
CAPT MOGUL says that he would ask for the warranty to cover it. Oh,,,,,forgot the warranty of 30 miles or 30 days has past.
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If you paid for new shocks in 09, you got hosed.
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Truk,
Getting use to it now. Seems “hosed” is our middle name.
With this delamination problem with the XL11, I think the “hose” used is a firetruck’s hose, if not bigger!
As the Thread name says, “SHOCKING”.
Sandy
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Just had mine replaced I knew one was leaking. It turned three of them wouldn’t even return when you pushed them in. So four out of the eight were bad. I figure they were original so they’re 12 years old. It did make a difference in ride and handling.
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It depends on the design and application of the shock. Jon points out that the speeds generated by manipulation by hand are very low, and shocks provide ‘speed’ or velocity sensitive damping, meaning the rate and direction at which the shock is compressed or extended determines which and/or how many valves and/or internal orifices come into play, and in other designs, shaft position (in or out) as well. You won’t really be able to tell about this using only muscle. Smoothness will not be the result over the full range of movement where ‘speed’ varies or position sensitive valving/damping is employed (not in our case as far as I know), or where high shock (meaning sudden) causes relief valves to open. Most shocks have much less rebound damping.
Shocks would not extend on their own unless they are gas (pressure) filled, whether using gas mixed with the fluid or separated with a bladder (not common with road vehicles), or include a spring as part of the shock, and not all shock absorbers were/are pressurized, though these days most are. Koni ( and other mfgs) marketed shocks whose damping could be varied (soft, medium, stiff) by fully collapsing the shock and turning the shaft to one of three ‘clicks’ and then releasing the shock from the fully collapsed position to retain the selection. I have these on the Bluebird. This feature would not be often found on gas shocks, however.
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