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John,
I can report only on the ease of doing the adjustments, not the =
effectiveness. I can=E2=80=99t remember the number of turns or the =
thickness of the spacers, but on my 1957 Morgan Plus 4 (a road car) but =
used 20 weight fork oil (Harley Davidson label) since I only wanted to =
affect rebound and not jounce. It was easy enough to make the changes =
with the shocks out of the car. It=E2=80=99s hard to say just how much =
of an improvement was caused by the adjustments alone, unfortunately, =
because I found the shocks were low on oil when I decided to rework them =
due to the axle banging on the frame when I drove over every whoop-de-do =
in the road. One was about 65% full and the other was only 50% full of =
oil and I have to assume that the low oil condition was primarily =
responsible for the lack of damping. They weren=E2=80=99t visibly =
leaking so I wasn=E2=80=99t able to determine why the car came to me in =
this condition. At any rate, the car rides like a Morgan that has been =
modified to use tube shocks on the back so I=E2=80=99m happy with the =
overall result.
One caution =E2=80=94 I don=E2=80=99t have any proof of this but I have =
read the opinion that the shocks can be damaged by using oil that is too =
viscous.
Duncan
(Texas)
> On Sep 9, 2015, at 7:50 AM, John Styduhar <johnstydo@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I'm going to stiffen up the rear lever shocks on my TR by refilling =
with higher viscosity fluid per the Kastner preparation manual. I've =
also read about adjusting the springs in the valve body to adjust =
dampening - tighten the nut on the rebound spring 2 to 4 full turns, and =
add a spacer of .040" to .080" under the compression spring. Any =
members have experience with these spring adjustments? Thanks=20
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class=3D"">John,<div class=3D""><br class=3D""><div class=3D"">I can =
report only on the ease of doing the adjustments, not the effectiveness. =
I can=E2=80=99t remember the number of turns or the thickness of =
the spacers, but on my 1957 Morgan Plus 4 (a road car) but used 20 =
weight fork oil (Harley Davidson label) since I only wanted to affect =
rebound and not jounce. It was easy enough to make the changes =
with the shocks out of the car. It=E2=80=99s hard to say just how =
much of an improvement was caused by the adjustments alone, =
unfortunately, because I found the shocks were low on oil when I decided =
to rework them due to the axle banging on the frame when I drove over =
every whoop-de-do in the road. One was about 65% full and the =
other was only 50% full of oil and I have to assume that the low oil =
condition was primarily responsible for the lack of damping. They =
weren=E2=80=99t visibly leaking so I wasn=E2=80=99t able to determine =
why the car came to me in this condition. At any rate, the car =
rides like a Morgan that has been modified to use tube shocks on the =
back so I=E2=80=99m happy with the overall result.</div><div =
class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">One caution =E2=80=94 I =
don=E2=80=99t have any proof of this but I have read the opinion that =
the shocks can be damaged by using oil that is too viscous.</div><div =
class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Duncan</div><div =
class=3D"">(Texas)</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""><div><blockquote =
type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D"">On Sep 9, 2015, at 7:50 AM, =
John Styduhar <<a href=3D"mailto:johnstydo@gmail.com"; =
class=3D"">johnstydo@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" =
class=3D""><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">I'm =
going to stiffen up the rear lever shocks on my TR by refilling with =
higher viscosity fluid per the Kastner preparation manual. I've =
also read about adjusting the springs in the valve body to adjust =
dampening - tighten the nut on the rebound spring 2 to 4 full turns, and =
add a spacer of .040" to .080" under the compression spring. Any =
members have experience with these spring adjustments? =
Thanks </div></div>
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