Evidence. Personal experience. That's a whole lot better than "He said, she
said".
Thanks for the reply and the recommendation of an alternative source.
Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barney Gaylord" <barneymg@ntsource.com>
To: "Edward Woods" <fogbro1@home.com>; "Rick Brown" <brown409@home.com>
Cc: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2000 5:27 PM
Subject: Re: Shock help
> At 03:14 PM 12/10/2000 -0500, Edward Woods wrote:
> >O.K., I'll bite. Why isn't Apple recommended? A personal bad experience?
> If so, what. If not, then it's heresay, right? Be specific.
>
> Okay, here's specific. I went through NINE Apple Hydraulics rebuilt front
> shocks on my MGA in two years before the warrantee ran out. Apple was
> covering all shipping charges (most of the time), but it was still a major
> inconvenience continuously changing out the parts, and cleaning up the oil
> mess, and driving the car on leaky shocks most of the time when I really
> wanted to autocrossing or would rather be working on something else. Two
> of the units were returned before installation, one with a seal obviously
> hanging out the side of the unit, and the other with absolutely no damping
> force right out of the box. The other seven units all leaked out the oil
> within a few thousand miles of installation, some of them within the first
> week of use, after which none of them would hold oil for a week. The real
> kicker was that one of the two shocks I sent them in the beginning was in
> good working condition and not leaking.
>
> After the two year warrantee ran out I finally bought a pair of NOS units
> at a swap meet for $40 each. They have been on the car now for two years
> and 30,000 miles with no problem.
>
> More recently the best recommendation I have received was to have your
> shocks rebuilt by:
> World Wide Auto Parts
> 2517 Seiferth Rd., Madison, WI 53716
> (800) 362-1025 Fax (608) 223-9403
> http://www.mailbag.com/users/nosimport
>
> They machine the shafts if necessary, install real bushings in the
housings
> (originally none), install polished sleeves on the shafts to renew the
seal
> surfaces, and install real shaft seals in place of the original rubber
> packing washers. I have not had the need to use their services personally
> (since I found out about them), but I have had several excellent reports
> from folks who have, and not one bad word.
>
> Barney Gaylord
> 1958 MGA with an attitude
> http://www.ntsource.com/~barneymg
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