Tightening Shock Absorbers

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Hello,

How do I tighten my shock absorber? I can only do it so much before the whole thing starts turning, and thats with 2 pairs of hands. Is it supposed to be tight?

-pos
 
It should not be like that.

How sure are you that you have all the right washers and rubbers in place?

BUT, next time you take it off, strip the stuff off and look - you will see the nut can only go so far before the big washer next to it hits the shoulder of the shaft at the end of the thread.

If all the right bits are in place and in good nick, once that washer bottoms out THAT'S IT! The rubbers will be squiished the right amount, and no amount of extra tightening have any effect. Snug up is fine. It doesn't want to be tight - just down till it bottoms out, becasue it can't go any further anyway.

OK?

CharlesY
 
if yer over tighten them the rubbers will fall apart in no time and yule be back at it with yer " my furst saw"
 

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Thanks for the replies. I checked to see if I could tighten up the shocker on the opposite side, and it too was reasonably loose, but not ratling. The problem I have is that the hole through the steel mount on the axle has worn a little bit, so the shocker can move about. I'm going to call the gerage and ask how much it'll cost to have that sorted out.

Am I right in thinking however, that the lower half of the shocker will turn with the nut when it's tight enough?

Cheers
-Pos
 
Nah it should be torqued up proply but seeing as how you won't have the gear to do that bung a shifter on the two flats on the bolty bit and a spanner on the nut an tighten till you get one blue vein stuck out on yer neck. Its an owld Indian trick yer see one blue vein for smallish nuts two for medium an three for big fook off nuts .
 
pos said:
Thanks for the replies. I checked to see if I could tighten up the shocker on the opposite side, and it too was reasonably loose, but not ratling. The problem I have is that the hole through the steel mount on the axle has worn a little bit, so the shocker can move about. I'm going to call the gerage and ask how much it'll cost to have that sorted out.

Am I right in thinking however, that the lower half of the shocker will turn with the nut when it's tight enough?

Cheers
-Pos
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If ya have ya chassis supported and lower the axle to pull yer shocker fully open it should hold tight enough to nip it up.
 
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