Thanks for the diligent research! I am about to go shopping for two TRs. I
think I will use your choice of the 15wt for my TR3A (street) and the 20wt for
my Ambro-TR project.
I suppose you know that you can play with the valving in these shocks, too? On
my TR4 #197, I used MGB valves from the MG front shocks in the TR4 rears. This
was a long time ago, so the details are lost to me. Very stiff, but that's what
I needed.
Joe A
>In an earlier post looking for oil for the lever shocks, some of the
>suggestions were to use 20W hydraulic oil, motorcycle racing shock oil and
>Harley
>Hydraulic Fork Oil Type "B." What I ended up using was Screamin' Eagle
>Performance Heavy Oil from my local Harley dealer for $4.
>
>After doing a little research, I found that the Harley type "B" is 10 wt,
>Screamin' Eagle Performance Fork Oil is 15wt, Screamin' Eagle Racing Fork Oil
>is
> 20wt. I also found Bel-Ray has fork oil available in 5wt, 7wt, 10wt, 15wt,
>20wt and 30wt.
>
>When I drained the oil in the Armstrong shock, I had to use a 13mm wrench to
>remove the plug on the top of the shock. After I poured the old oil out, I
>used a turkey baster as a funnel to refill. Slow job as the oil has to pass
>thru the valve in the shock displacing the air inside. I used less than half
>of
>the pint bottle.
>
>Peter Schoppelry
>
>
>
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