[Mgs] MGA Rebuilt front Shock

[Peter Caldwell]

At 10:43 AM 7/5/2012, Robert J. Guinness wrote:
>I recently purchased a rebuilt MGA front shock. It came with unknown
>shock oil in it.  When I lift the arms (not attached to the knuckle),
>they drop slowly under their own weight.  Is this correct "stiffness".
>The replaced one and the other side existing shock do not do this.
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Roger,
         The valve has a groove cut into it to allow the arms to move 
undampened. So that when you jack the car up the wheels will drop 
down, for instance. It is an unmetered passage and in no way is 
indicative of oil viscosity or the valve's performance.  You would 
have to move the shocks arm very quickly... several hundred RPMs to 
have any "feel" for the valving.  What you have sounds normal.

Peter C