[TR] TR3 Rear Shock Absorbers

[spook01]

hop down to the motorcycle store for some thicker fork oil..comes in various 
viscosities.
Best,
Ray

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From: <wbeech at flash.net>
To: <terryrs at comcast.net>; "'Todd Richmond'" <twr at frii.com>
Cc: "'TR List'" <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 7:41 PM
Subject: Re: [TR] TR3 Rear Shock Absorbers


> You can stiffen the shocks by using a heavier weight oil.
> Bill Beecher
> '58 TR-3A TS/30766 L (On the road in 2009!)
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> Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 4:20 PM
> To: Todd Richmond
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> Subject: Re: [TR] TR3 Rear Shock Absorbers
>
> Oh.B  And the test is on the workbench, working the levers by hand to feel
> for resistance.B  Nothing really complicated.
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>
>>I'm tempted to just refill the lever
>>shocks with oil and see if that works well enough, but how do you test
>>if these things are working without actually driving around on them?
>
> Well, now you mention, the rear lever shocks are something I should have
> added to the list of indestructable TR3 parts that didn't need rebuilding
> during my restoration.B B In essence, I did just what you suggest, which 
> is
> to drain all the old oil, and refill with about a half pint of Harley
> Davidson Hydraulic Fork Oil, Type B.
>
>
>
> If I recall List advice at the time, there were suggestions that stiffness
> can be added by doing something to a spring, but I don't remember very 
> well
> and this could be just my doddering brain. At any rate, I didn't do 
> anything
> like that, and the car handles bumps about as well as I would want from a
> hardcore minimalist two-seater sportscar with power under the hood and 
> nuts
> behind the wheel.B _______________________________________________
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