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From: dave <dave@ranteer.com><br>
To: triumphs <triumphs@autox.team.net><br>
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Subject: Re: [TR] TR4A - Need Advice on Road Springs<br>
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<div class="yiv2555572415MsoNormal">Type of shock oil will definitely make a difference. I believe (but could be wrong) that standard shock oil is 20w? years ago I had a car where the shocks were shot. I put 90 wt gear oil in just for grins. Suspension was rock hard until it leaked out again.</div>
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<div class="yiv2555572415MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Triumphs <triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>DAVID MASSEY<br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 5, 2019 9:58 AM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> terryrs@comcast.net; gdhuggins@genfiniti.com; triumphs@autox.team.net<br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [TR] TR4A - Need Advice on Road Springs</div>
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<div class="yiv2555572415MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">-----Original Message-----<br clear="none">From: TERRY SMITH <<a rel="noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:terryrs@comcast.net" target="_blank" removedlink__788e137f-b06e-49f7-a2f8-655eb4e9ad50__href="mailto:terryrs@comcast.net">terryrs@comcast.net</a>><br clear="none">To: DAVID MASSEY <<a rel="noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:dave1massey@cs.com" target="_blank" removedlink__788e137f-b06e-49f7-a2f8-655eb4e9ad50__href="mailto:dave1massey@cs.com">dave1massey@cs.com</a>>; gdhuggins <<a rel="noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:gdhuggins@genfiniti.com" target="_blank" removedlink__788e137f-b06e-49f7-a2f8-655eb4e9ad50__href="mailto:gdhuggins@genfiniti.com">gdhuggins@genfiniti.com</a>>; triumphs <<a rel="noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" target="_blank" removedlink__788e137f-b06e-49f7-a2f8-655eb4e9ad50__href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a>><br clear="none">Sent: Thu, Sep 5, 2019 9:32 am<br clear="none">Subject: Re: [TR] TR4A - Need Advice on Road Springs</span></div>
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<div class="yiv2555572415MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">Hi, Dave. Just curious. What was the fluid you ran in the rebuilt shocks that didn't dampen as well as you'd like? And what do you recommend? (I've been using Harley fork fluid, seems to work fine enough but maybe could be better.)</span></div>
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<div class="yiv2555572415MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">-----Original Message----- <br clear="none">From: G.D. Huggins <<a rel="noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:gdhuggins@genfiniti.com" target="_blank" removedlink__788e137f-b06e-49f7-a2f8-655eb4e9ad50__href="mailto:gdhuggins@genfiniti.com">gdhuggins@genfiniti.com</a>> <br clear="none">To: Triumph Mailing List <<a rel="noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" target="_blank" removedlink__788e137f-b06e-49f7-a2f8-655eb4e9ad50__href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a>> <br clear="none">Sent: Sun, Sep 1, 2019 9:45 pm <br clear="none">Subject: [TR] TR4A - Need Advice on Road Springs </span></div>
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<div class="yiv2555572415MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">The car has gotten way too bouncy, especially in the rear. Take a curve on a rough road, and it rear steers something awful. losing its contact with the road, as if the spring is not forcing the wheel back down quickly enough. </span></div>
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<div class="yiv2555572415MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">I’ve gotten into some research, and everything seems to be pointing toward three grades of stiffness; original, uprated and competition. </span></div>
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