June 30, 200917 yr comment_355828 Had some mud fun on the weekend, and have no found that one strut in front of my 55 is sagging more then the other. Seems i blew a shock in one side. I have pulled the strut out and taken the spring off, and the gland nut off, drained all the oil from the shock. Just wondering how does the shock come out? should it just slide out? And also can i re oil the shocks ? how do i go about that and what oil? By looking at it, it seems to have 2 breather holes of which i put oil down the strut tube and when i pull the shock up it sucks all the oil in, do i repeat this till full? or 3/4 full? The gland nut seems to have a rubber seal which stops the oil leaking out. that right? Ill get pics later Btw they TA22 celica struts Dan Report
June 30, 200917 yr Author comment_355842 don't matter, got it out, and all the seals are shot.. Report
June 30, 200917 yr comment_355930 Back in the days we used to play around with different viscosity oils, but these days you throw the piston away and put some inserts in them. Sort of fun seeing how they work and everything, and I am surprised that a car that old would still have 'wetlegs'. Even with inserts we used to add as much engine oil as could fit around it inside the strut tube for "cooling". Did it work, no idea. Just one of those things you did. Report
July 1, 200917 yr Author comment_356071 Back in the days we used to play around with different viscosity oils, but these days you throw the piston away and put some inserts in them. Sort of fun seeing how they work and everything, and I am surprised that a car that old would still have 'wetlegs'. Even with inserts we used to add as much engine oil as could fit around it inside the strut tube for "cooling". Did it work, no idea. Just one of those things you did. Yeah nice, it was pretty cool to see how it worked, as you slide the shaft out of the body it has a plastic washer, it was broken in 3 spots, also when you take the gland nut off there is a another seal that holds everything in line, that rubber seal was split. Report
July 1, 200917 yr comment_356086 Yeah nice, it was pretty cool to see how it worked, as you slide the shaft out of the body it has a plastic washer, it was broken in 3 spots, also when you take the gland nut off there is a another seal that holds everything in line, that rubber seal was split. i was thinking about playing with the oil before i put boge shockers in Report
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