<VV> How to tell if shocks are shot

[Eric S. Eberhard]

Car only had 33k miles ... and sat for 6 years ... but it is a lot of years 
for those shocks to last!  I bought Clark's shocks and set them to the soft 
setting which they say is most like stock.  I am pleased.

At 12:23 PM 8/3/2004, Kinzelman, Andy wrote:
>Wow - that's some life expectancy.  Thanks for the advice.
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>From:   Eric S. Eberhard [mailto:flash@vicspdi.com]
>Sent:   Tuesday, August 03, 2004 2:18 PM
>To:     Kinzelman, Andy; virtualvairs@corvair.org
>Subject:        Re: <VV> How to tell if shocks are shot
>
>Look for the bullet holes :-)
>
>The only "obvious" way is to see if they are leaking.  My 62 Sedan had the
>original (!!) shocks and after driving a few thousand miles a leak
>developed on one front one ... and a few thousand later on a rear one.  I
>did not have any symptoms except oily shocks.
>
>At 11:00 AM 8/3/2004, Kinzelman, Andy wrote:
> >Guys,
> >This may be a stupid question, but what is the best way to determine if
> >your shocks are wearing out?
> >Thanks,
> >Andy K.
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Eric S. Eberhard
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(928) 567-6122          Fax
(800) 569-1122          Denver Office (I am never there, you can leave a 
message)

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