I might be the last one to figure this out, but just in case there's someone
denser than me on the List ...
Our Armstrong shocks--owners with newfangled tube shocks can hit delete
now--should be periodically checked and topped
up with fluid. According to shock expert Peter Caldwell, there should be a bit
of head room above the oil level in the
shock. For years, I've been filling to the top of the hole, or at least until
I could see the fluid level then
'extracting' some of the fluid with a paper towel. Today, it dawned on me that
I needed some sort of dipstick to
measure the level, so I wouldn't be wasting fluid and, worse yet, making extra
work for myself. For years, I've been,
uh, appropriating some the the wooden coffee stirrers you see at places like
Starbucks--hey, if you're paying $6 for a
cup of coffee ...--for mixing epoxy. They're a little long, so if you snap
them into 2 or 3 inch pieces they are the
perfect size for dipsticking the fluid level in the shocks (I suppose
toothpicks would work as well, but the fluid may
be less visible).
Bob
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Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@comcast.net
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