RE: [T3] Oh Happy Day!!!

[James MacNaughton <JMac@uglyduckling.com>]

I'm there!  Where is Humboldt County, CA?

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	Subject:	Re: [T3] Oh Happy Day!!!

	In humboldt county californnia, i almost don't go a day without
seeing a
	t3, Alot of squares, mostly late models, a couple fasties early and
	late.... but no notches

	ned

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I'll take a stab at this.  The "shocks" are really motion dampers, the
Brits even call them dampers.  Their function is to dissipate energy
>from the movement of the spring arms.  They aren't meant to carry a
load like a spring does, which is what you do when you adjust ride
height with an air shock or add a coil spring booster.  You're adding
to the static load that the shock mounts carry, which isn't originally
called for in the design.  It's been a long time since I had
Engineering Mechanics, but the shock mounts do carry a fair peak load
when in use and so there's some additional margin of strength designed
into them.  Just be aware that by using air shocks you ARE cutting
into that design margin.  The load is partly transferred from the
spring arm to the shock mount.  It could bend or break off under some
circumstances.

On Fri, 26 Feb 1999 00:54:14 -0500, you wrote:

>Well, I'm going to take a stab that my Bentley doesn't address this issue...
>I inherited the shocks and were KÄt they were good to have; this was
>even supported by Keith Park. So can we discuss this a little more? 
>I dont understand: How, with these shocks, do the mounts become load-bearing
>as opposed to using any other shocks?
>
>Mike
>Bklyn
>
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