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Re: Fluid for Lever Shocks - bit off topic

To: "'mgs@autox.team.net'" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Fluid for Lever Shocks - bit off topic
From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:40:29 -0700
That second sentence is exactly what I have heard, also: once the level 
has been depleted due to neglect, the rate of leakage becomes greater due 
to seal shrinkage and/or wear.

This corresponds to my (limited) experience: the shock fluid levels were 
low due to DPO neglect; when topped up, they leaked like crazy, leading 
to their eviction (in favor of tube shocks, in this case. Were I to do it 
again, I might try a different approach).

Bob Howard had this to say:

>  Peter C has written that a trace of a leak (recall that in the manual
>we are told to top off the fluid every 12M miles) causes the seals to
>work. One would suppose that if the shocks were low on fluid for a long
>time, the lack of fluid and its lubrication would cause the seals, the
>bodies and the shafts to wear, thus increasing the rate of leak from the
>"controlled" leak to an uncontrolled leak.  
>  
>Bob


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Max Heim
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