Well, back to the mysterious shaking car. While I was rotating the tires
for phase 1 of my troubleshooting, I checked the front hydraulic shocks, to
see if I could tell if the specialist had remembered to remove the valve.
Unfortunately, the bolt that retains the valve didn't look like it had been
touched in a millenium. I called him today and asked him about it, and he's
not sure if he did it or not. In fact, he's leaning toward "not." Well, I
guess that explains why the front seemed so much stiffer than the rear with
the same damper settings. ARRGGH!
No big deal. He's going to take them out, and check the shock for excessive
wear in the a-arms at no charge. It's just annoying when people don't do
what they're supposed to. (Please, let's not have another tirade about
wives mixing up parts shipments. <g>)
This does raise a question: Since he probably didn't do anything with the
old shocks like he was supposed to, does anyone know definitively whether or
not to fill the old shocks with hydraulic fluid after the valve is removed,
or not? It seems the fluid would need to be there in order to lubricate the
a-arms, but I'm not familiar with their construction.
BTW: Just to refresh your memory, this is a car with a SPAX front shock
absorber conversion installed.
Thanks,
=J=
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