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Re: [Fot] Racing with dead dampers

To: Christian Marx <tr4racing@googlemail.com>, FoTTriumph <fot@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Fot] Racing with dead dampers
From: Mike Harmuth via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2019 13:55:18 -0400
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I raced almost two full weekends with a broken front shock. The shaft
snapped off at the top of the shock tower so the gas pressure kept the
shaft fully extended inside the dust cover. I was had handling issues the
entire time, none of the usual trackside tweaks, like tire pressure, shock
compression (Spax, adjusted while on the car with a screw on the bottom),
check for loose bolts or alignment seemed to help. I found it when I jacked
up the car to put on rain tires and the shock was leaning inside the spring=
.

These cars keep finding new ways to break.

mike h

On Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 1:05 PM Chris Marx via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
>
>
> I=E2=80=99ve just found out that I had raced the last two events with dea=
d dampers
> on the front end.
>
> Well, I=E2=80=99ve noticed the jumping on the front but thought, maybe th=
is is TR8
> specific.
>
>
>
> Now I know better after I had hands on new shocks.
>
>
>
> Next race is at Dijon=E2=80=A6..there I see what is the difference to new=
 shocks.
>
>
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Chris
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">I raced almost two full weekends with a broken front shock=
. The shaft snapped off at the top of the shock tower so the gas pressure k=
ept the shaft fully extended inside the dust cover. I was had handling issu=
es the entire time, none of the usual trackside tweaks, like tire pressure,=
 shock compression (Spax, adjusted while on the car with a screw on the bot=
tom), check for loose bolts or alignment seemed to help. I found it when I =
jacked up the car to put on rain tires and the shock was leaning inside the=
 spring.<div><br></div><div>These cars keep finding new ways to break.</div=
><div><br></div><div>mike h</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div =
dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 1:05 PM Chris Marx=
 via Fot &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net";>fot@autox.team.net</a>&g=
t; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0p=
x 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div l=
ang=3D"DE"><div class=3D"gmail-m_753736906349905775WordSection1"><div><bloc=
kquote style=3D"border-top:none;border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border=
-left:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;=
margin-right:0cm"><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Hi Guys,<u></u><u></u></p><p class=
=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D=
"EN-US">I=E2=80=99ve just found out that I had raced the last two events wi=
th dead dampers on the front end.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNo=
rmal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">Well, I=E2=80=99ve noticed the jumping on the fr=
ont but thought, maybe this is TR8 specific.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p cla=
ss=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></span></p><p cla=
ss=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">Now I know better after I had hands o=
n new shocks.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"=
EN-US"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"=
EN-US">Next race is at Dijon=E2=80=A6..there I see what is the difference t=
o new shocks.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"=
EN-US"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"=
EN-US"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"=
EN-US">Cheers<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"=
EN-US">Chris<u></u><u></u></span></p></blockquote></div></div></div>_______=
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