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IJ. said:
You beat me to that..You have a special ring for when people ask questions on SM? :biglaugh:
Duane
The car bounces for three blocks after you hit a bump. Edit: Just noticed you mention that they were off the car, my bad.
depending on the shock design, you won't be able to compress them or they rebound back out after being compressed (I know bilsteins DON'T like to compress, and will extend themselves if left compressed)
well, the only blown bilstein I've seen was damaged (just jumped his truck off a 6' drop) and didn't rebound at all and had little to no resistance to movement...
My pulled his supsension out of his 240SX last night and was able to compress and decompress his dampers by hand. They had no rebound at all. That's a pretty good sign I'd say.
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cnewingham
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I was always under the impression the struts dont rebound once compressed, they are not shocks which do rebound.
They have no leaks but how should the dampening be tested? There is resistance when pushing the shaft in and pulling it back out.
They have no leaks but how should the dampening be tested? There is resistance when pushing the shaft in and pulling it back out.
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cnewingham
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rent a spring compressor and take the springs off. Once you're down to the strut only, check to see if you can push the piston in. If you can do it with both hands without pushing it against anything, then I'd say they're blown. I just pushed my struts against the ground and felt that there was even resistance the whole length of the piston. If the struts have adjustable dampening, make sure that this affects how much speed/force it takes to compress the strut.
TSRM link: http://www.cygnusx1.net/Supra/Library/TSRM/MK3/manual.aspx?Section=FA&Page=18
TSRM link: http://www.cygnusx1.net/Supra/Library/TSRM/MK3/manual.aspx?Section=FA&Page=18
dampening is resistance to movement, rebound is them extending themselves after being compressed
spring does the rebound usually (depends on dampener design), so you're looking for the resistance to movement (the shocks stop the oscillations of the springs after hitting a bump)
spring does the rebound usually (depends on dampener design), so you're looking for the resistance to movement (the shocks stop the oscillations of the springs after hitting a bump)