Shortly after I got my Bugeye, a rear shock worked the arm off the shaft. It
turned out that the shocks were VERY stiff, possibly from high-weight oil.
Me, I'll stick with the normal weight. The Sprite's handling was just awful
with that shock disabled. <grin>
Tom Zuchowski
'61 Bugeye
Clemmons, NC
-----Original Message-----
From: Geoff Branch <branch@valinet.com>
To: hello39@idt.net <hello39@idt.net>; Andrew Griffith
<Andrew.Griffith@ReadRite.com>
Cc: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
Date: Wednesday, October 21, 1998 2:32 PM
Subject: Re: Shocks.
>I remember reading somewhere, perhaps here, about someone who added 90wt to
>his shocks. He said they worked great, until the first cold day and the
>first bump and the arm snapped off. Probably don't want to mess with
>changing oil weights.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: hello39@idt.net <hello39@idt.net>
>To: Andrew Griffith <Andrew.Griffith@ReadRite.com>
>Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Date: Wednesday, October 21, 1998 1:53 PM
>Subject: Re: Shocks.
>
>
>>If I'm not mistaken there was quite a bit posted on this awhile back.
>>I even recall someone opting for STP but will wait for others to provide
>>specific guidance
>>Alan
>>
>>Andrew Griffith wrote:
>>
>>> Has anyone ever attempted to improve their road handling ability by
going
>to
>>> a thicker oil in the front shocks?
>>> My front-end was very bouncy... it was like the shocks weren't even
there
>>> much less working. So, I pulled the shocks off and discovered that I was
>a
>>> little short on oil, only about half full of very gray oil. I looked
over
>>> the used oil closely and since I didn't see any sizeable aluminum
>particles
>>> I figured I'd just clean them up and see how they'd work before I
>replaced
>>> them, as you all know they are not cheap to come by.
>>> I pumped a lot of brake cleaner through them and when dry I gave them a
>good
>>> shaking to try to gauge the piston slop, didn't hear much. I was able
to
>>> find some buna-s o-ring seals that fit and now I'm ready for oil... any
>>> suggestions?
>>> A friend on mine said he used SAE 20W-50 engine oil in his Midget, but
it
>>> was creamed by a drunk before it ever saw the road.
>>> Could the internal friction of the shock actually heat the oil to the
>point
>>> where it would start to thicken?
>>>
>>> -Drew
>>> '62MKII
>>
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