Thanks for the info Henry. I kind of have the feeling that if I
remove one or both of the cup washers the shock will find a location
where it's happy and stay there. But leaving the cup washers on
both sides of the tower top would allow the shock to move around
and maybe beat out the hole or something.
Mind if I ask what you have the rebound adjustment set to? I was
planning on starting mine out at about 4 clicks (1 turn) from full
soft. FWIW I'm also installing a set of HD rebuilt rear shocks from
Apple Hydraulics.
What I'm hoping to get out of the new stuff (besides having shocks
that just plain work) is to get better tracking through bumpy corners.
Now the front end really wants to wash out when things get rough.
Thanks again,
Drew
On Apr 7, 3:07pm, Henry Frye wrote:
> Subject: Re: SPAX shocks on TR3A
> At 10:56 AM 4/7/98 -0700, drew@pixar.com wrote:
> >
> >
> >Hi Everyone,
> >
> >I'm in the process of fitting some SPAX shocks to my '58 TR3A and
> >when everything is tightened down there's still about 1/8" of radial
> >"play" where the shock goes through the top of the shock tower.
>
> snip
>
> Small world, I installed a pair of Spax shocks on my TR3B last week, and
> ran into the same thing. I used the rubber supplied by Spax on the bottom
> of the shock tower with both metal cup washers, and on top of the shock
> tower I reused the rubber and the top washer from my original Armstrong
> Blue's. Worked fine, as far as I can tell.
>
> BTW, the difference the shocks made for me was night and day. It is as if I
> am driving a new car. The nasty oversteer is all but gone, and the car is
> much more confidence inspiring to drive. I only hope Mr. Police Man will
> understand! ;-)
>
> BTW again, I was running a stock pair of Armstrong Blues, with a date code
> of 1962 on my 1962 TR3B. I think they performed pretty good for being 36
> years old!
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>-- End of excerpt from Henry Frye
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Drew Rogge
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