[Fot] Racing with dead dampers

[Mike Harmuth]

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 at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> Hi Guys,
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> I’ve just found out that I had raced the last two events with dead dampers
> on the front end.
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> Well, I’ve noticed the jumping on the front but thought, maybe this is TR8
> specific.
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> Now I know better after I had hands on new shocks.
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> Next race is at Dijon…..there I see what is the difference to new shocks.
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> Cheers
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> Chris
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