I will say that shocks normally last longer than that. In my case,
I've still got the stops that prevent the wheel from drooping too
much in place, so the shock is not what performs that action - that
may help, but in Jack's car he didn't have those (unnecessary weight,
you know...) and his front shocks were never replaced.
Tony Drews
At 10:19 AM 8/20/2013, George Harmuth wrote:
>I had a SPAX shock break like that and didn't notice it during the entire
>weekend at the K-Cup at the Glen a few years ago. I had let my crew drive
>the car during a track day the week before at Pocono and there was some off
>road action that I'm sure was the cause. It wasn't visible until I jacked
>the car way up, a week after the Glen, to bleed the brakes. The plastic
>boot was keeping the shock centered in the tower so I had compression but
>no rebound dampening, the gas in the shock must have kept the shock
>extended. The car actually ran well, I got the hard charger award from
>Optimum batterys for passing the most cars during the race.
>
>mike
>
>G. Michael Harmuth
>Software Engineer
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