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On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 21:05, Jim Adney wrote: > On 6 Sep 2003 at 18:09, Aaron Clow wrote: > > > Also, ALL my shocks were bad. You could compress them and they didn't > > pop back at all. When I went to replace the driver's side shock, the > > bottom mount was the same diameter as the bottom grommet on the shock. > > The passenger side fit fine, but the driver's side was maybe like 3/4". > > I had to drill out the bottom grommet on the shock. Hope that was OK? > > The OE shocks were not pressurized, so you should not expect them to pop back > out, although they will usually creep out over time. The test is to hold them > upright and compress and extend them and make sure that they resist you in both > directions. Most of the OE shocks are still good today, although I DO see > failed ones. > > It is most likely that you left the old steel bushing on the bottom shaft. They > are often rusted to the pin and have to be torched off. > Or, soak it with penitrating oil, and then split it length wise with a cold chisel if you don't have a torch handy. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org