pos

Well-Known Member

• Sep 15, 2007

• #1

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

 

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CharlesY

Well-Known Member

• Sep 15, 2007

• #2

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

 

yella

New Member

• Sep 15, 2007

• #3

have yoy tried wood glue

 

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slob

Well-Known Member

• Sep 15, 2007

• #4

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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G-man

BBQ king

• Sep 15, 2007

• #5

wring em up wiff a pnoomatock hammery wrench

 

pos

Well-Known Member

• Sep 15, 2007

• #6

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

 

GRUNT

Well-Known Member

• Sep 15, 2007

• #7

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 .

 

G-man

BBQ king

• Sep 15, 2007

• #8

ahv got lots of veins on mah nuts does that mean they is hoooge? an i int gonna put a spanner on them to try to tighten them it'd ert

 

bustersbus

Well-Known Member

• Sep 15, 2007

• #9

G-man said:

ahv got lots of veins on mah nuts does that mean they is hoooge?

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nah

an i'm gonna put a tranny on them to try to tighten them it'd give me sum reeleefffff

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FFS, here we go again

 

G-man

BBQ king

• Sep 16, 2007

• #10

look i told ye even if yer do dress up i int gonna shag yer

 

carpmobile

New Member

• Sep 16, 2007

• #11

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.

 

bustersbus

Well-Known Member

• Sep 16, 2007

• #12

G-man said:

look i told ye even if yer do dress up i int gonna shag yer

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FFS, Thot it was the other way round