Re: 22nd Series shock absorbers

Posted by Michael Evans On 2015/1/20 10:40:41

HI This Topic was raised by me back in July 2014 - many things have been carried out on the car since then and one of the more recent was the fitting of new rear Monroe shock absorbers, very straight forward.

Secondly the front shock's tops were removed (difficult and fiddly)and true to form there wasn't any fluid in them so we carefully over a period of a couple of days filled with a little fluid and let settle until eventually no more could be fed in so the cap was put back on and lots of pushing up and down ensued, whilst we also kept a careful watch for leaking fluid. Apart from wearing us out nothing happened and it appeared the arms were "locked" together - we then got out the BIG trolley jack and placed it under one side and jacked the wheel off the floor then dropped the jack as quickly as possible after a few times a groan came from this one side and when pushing up and down resumed it responded and was no longer "solid". We then proceeded to do the same with the other side with the same result. Once down and level we bumped her up and down again and while there wasn't much movement there weren't any leaks.

Very cold and damp and ice/snow on the ground here at the moment so we are eagerly awaiting a nice day to take her for a trial run - check out the ride and that we haven't got leaks - will give an update in due course.

Best regards Michael