you can prepare the shocks yourself if they are not
leaking.
remove the end cover and the big bolt head that
covers the valve assembly. wash out the inside of the
shock resevoir and pump the lever to clean out the
cylinders. i have used gasoline to do this. do it
outside away from any buildings and source of open
flame. dry them out. unsolder the small nut on the
stem of the valve and adjust the valve tighter by two
turns. shim the larger diameter spring about 1/8
inch. (you can also purchase mg-b competition valves.
i think moss has them in stock. fill the resevoir and
the valve chamber with Castrol R 40 sae engine oil.
This is the old "castorbean based oil" reassemble the
shock and with it mounted in a vise with the vavle
chamber uppermost, work the shock through its full
range of movement 20 or 30 times until all of the air
has been worked out of the system. the arm shock move
smoothly with no "gaps" where there is no resistance
to movement.
I did this to the lever shocks on the rear of my
morgan + 50 years ago and over 90,000 miles and many
races. Those same shocks are still on the car, work
well and do not leak! (they are the same size shocks
as are fitted to TR-3 & TR-4 cars.
Greg Solow
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Greg Solow
The Engine Room
Sports Car Specialists
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
831 429-1800
------- Original Message -------
>From : Mark Vaden[mailto:markvaden@gmail.com]
Sent : 7/25/2011 1:34:54 PM
To : fot@autox.team.net
Cc :
Subject : RE: [Fot] Revalving armstrong lever shocks
Hi,
Does any one know of a good place on the west coast
to have lever shocks
revalved for racing? Also I am looking for a place to
rebuild my brake
calipers.
-Mark
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