Dana,
They should slowly rise to full height although not as quickly as high
pressure gas shocks. I just installed shocks in my Miata and Integra and all
of the shocks rose after being compressed.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "dana nojima" <noji-1@pacbell.net>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 2:45 PM
Subject: Re: shock absorbers
> Mike,
>
> Does this make sense in relationship to the bounce test?
>
> Does the rebounding to full height apply only to gas shocks?
>
> I was trying to figure out if my Konis needed servicing and when I took
> them out, they resisted movement in both directions, but did not rebound
> to full height.
>
> Dana
>
> datsunmike wrote:
>
> > There should be resistance on compression and rebound to full height. It
> > should take a bit of pressure to compress the shock, I guess how much is
how
> > strong you are.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <roadster@rcn.com>
> > To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 6:11 PM
> > Subject: shock absorbers
> >
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Fixing up things prior to leaving for Solvang. Had lots of wheel hop
after
> >
> > installing new tires due to a couple flats - 195/60 HR14's - and figured
the
> > shop screwed up on the wheel balancing. I redid some of the weights and
> > moved the wheels around.
> >
> >> While I was at it, figured I would swap out the shock absorbers. I
> >
> > installed some KYB Gas-adjust shocks, and was surprised that they seemed
to
> > add 1 or 2 inches of height to the roadster. The old shocks were KYB
GR2's
> > and didn't seem to have much resistance. I had to precompress the
Gas-adjust
> > shocks with a floor jack and duct-tape them at the right length in order
to
> > mount them in the rear.
> >
> >> I no longer have the wheel hop problem, and have a better ride.
> >>
> >> What's the consensus on shocks, and how do you tell if they're bad? As
in,
> >
> > if you can compress them by hand then they're bad?
> >
> >> Fred Katz - So.SF
> >> http://www.badroc.com
> >> http://users.rcn.com/roadster
> >>
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