<div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks - makes sense. Will pay more attention. I always look for resistance 1/2 to 3/8 in above the thread ?</div><div>rg</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 16, 2021 at 10:47 PM Alan Seigrist <<a href="mailto:healey.nut@gmail.com">healey.nut@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Roger -<div><br></div><div>you don't need that much oil in the HD8 pistons for this to work correctly. HD8s throw all excess oil out the vent... so if you are overfilling it will all go out anyway.</div><div><br></div><div>The main thing to check is to take the dampers out and slide them back in with the shaft straight up, and if you feel resistance toward the bottom.... you don't need to refill. I suspect you are overthinking it. I used to think HD8s use too much oil until I realised they don't need all that much to work correctly.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Alan</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 12:59 AM Roger Grace via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Ok have spoken to Joe who was most helpful.<br></div><div>We did some measurements together over the phone and established that my dampers are correct.</div><div>He says that he has encountered this before but not sure of the reason.<br></div><div>Suggests that I run the dashpots dry then start again.</div><div>In meantime he will do more research.</div><div>rg<br></div></div><div id="gmail-m_-701883870974508788gmail-m_-7533876899210611790DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br></div>
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