Re: Shock Absorbers

Posted by Rusty O\'Toole On 2010/12/29 19:05:55

There was a comment a while ago, from a guy who owned a 49 or 50 model. He felt the ride was good but not as creamy as a Packard should be. He was advised to fill the shock absorbers with jack oil, after he did this the car was transformed. He stated he was fully satisfied with the ride, and it rode much smoother than his late model every day car.

If I had a car with lever action shockes I would try filling them first. If it had tubular shocks I would throw them away at once and put on a good set of name brand shocks. Tubular shocks only have a life of 20000 or 25000 miles. After that they may look ok and seem to work ok but they don't smooth out the ride the way they should. I have proven this more than once on late model, low mile cars. The owner couldn't believe what a difference new shocks made when their mechanic said the old ones were fine.