I can attest that they do indeed go in backwards. Don't ask me how I know.
Brian
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 7:09 PM, Peter Caldwell<peter@nosimport.com> wrote:
> Yesterday a customer came in a picked up a LEFT rear shock for his Midget.
>
> Today he calls to tell me I gave him a RIGHT. I said "Fine (or some
> f-word) I have made a mistake in my life, maybe I pulled the wrong one.
Come
> on back and we'll swap."
>
> He shows up with his old one as a core, and I could tell right away it was
> one of ours about 6 years old. It wasn't leaking, so I grabbed it and it
> seemed fine to me. "What" says I "seems to be the problem, and by the way,
> this is a RIGHT hand shock."
>
> He says it has air in it, and shows me by holding it with the valve up and
> moving the lever.
>
> I said it "goes the other way round, you're holding it upside down." He
> said, "But that's the way it was on my car."
>
> 'So, it handled kinda funny?" I say.
>
> "It was weird, but it always was bouncy. I bought it this way."
>
> I gave him his money back, and told him the "core" he had was fine, and to
> put them on the right way.
>
> I had to go look at the 65 Sprite currently turtling in the back of the
shop
> to see if it would be possible to install them upside down, and yes, they
> will fit, but......
>
> Echoes of Paul A ringing in my ears..."it only goes on one way.."
>
> Peter C.
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