Dear Sean
On Thu, 22 Jan 1998, Sean Bartnik wrote:
Rather than risk being like any other automobile in the world, LBCs have
their own special flavor of shock absorbers.
Actually, the shocks on MGBs etc. are anachronisms from the 1930s. They
are an old fashioned type of shock which absorbs energy by forcing a fluid
through small passages- as do the modern tube shocks. However, the lever
shocks use hydraulic fluid and have a lever that is connected to the
mechanism that drives the fluid through the small passages in the lever
shock.
They are expensive, but perhaps a bit more durable than the telescopic
modern shocks.
Before the lever shocks, (Hydraulic dampers) leather pads between steel
"scissors" absorbed the energy. The hydraulic dampers are an advance over
that technology, as are the telescopic gas shocks over the lever shocks.
I am debating if I will convert my MGB-GTs rear suspension to tube shocks
when I replace my springs this weekend or some upcoming weekend.
=%OHey all,
=%ONo, this question is not about Lucas electrics :-)
=%O
=%OThis question is about shock absorbers. I've seen some references to a
=%Ospecial sort of shocks fitted to some MGs, called "lever shocks" or
=%Osomething to that effect, that differ from regular shocks. I've also
=%Oseen some references to rebuilding them, which I thought was wacky (but
=%OI also thought 2 batteries was wacky too :-), so could someone please
=%Otell me what I'm talking about? :-)
=%O
=%OOr in the British spirit of the list:
=%ORight, what's all this then?
=%O
=%OThanks!
=%O--
=%OSean Bartnik
=%OFredericksburg, Virginia
=%O'81 Vanagon Westfalia
=%O'74 Karmann Ghia convertible
=%Ohttp://www.type2.com/bartnik/myvan.htm
=%O
"Never ascribe to Malice that which can be explained by Ignorance"
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Molecular Biology &
Biochemistry
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UC IRVINE
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