[Fot] Armstrong Lever shock adjustment

[Bob Kramer]

I got a set of competition Armstrong's with a car once and those had much heavier duty springs inside. For the Lemon's TR6 I opened up a stock pair, pulled the valves and added a washer, soldered the assembly in place under tension and used 30 WT oil. They behaved very well on track. 

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> On Sep 9, 2015, at 8:24 AM, Brian Schirano <bschirano at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> I put a higher performance set of valve bodies from a catalog in last year. Hard to tell the difference honestly.
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> 26A GT6+, 28 TR6
> Brian Schirano
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> From: John Styduhar <johnstydo at gmail.com>
> To: Triumph 'Friends of Triumph <fot at autox.team.net> 
> Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2015 8:50 AM
> Subject: [Fot] Armstrong Lever shock adjustment
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> I'm going to stiffen up the rear lever shocks on my TR by refilling with higher viscosity fluid per the Kastner preparation manual.  I've also read about adjusting the springs in the valve body to adjust dampening - tighten the nut on the rebound spring 2 to 4 full turns, and add a spacer of .040" to .080" under the compression spring.   Any members have experience with these spring adjustments?  Thanks 
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