any coilover experts?

[Ben j]

right boys and girls.

if there is no spring on a coilover and of course it is off the car. if u put your body weight on it to push it down then let it go, should it shoot back to position pretty rapid. or be a more medium steady return pace?

thanx dudes

 

[rmccardal]

not quick.

 

[Ben j]

so if it was moving quick wats the problem? lol

 

[The Bear]

Should be a steady rise back up with hardly any acceleration. My FK struts did this when I fitted them as I had to compress them to get the bottom bolts in.

EDIT - I would guess at a small leak somewhere. Obviously it's not going to do it's proper damping job if it moves too quickly under compression

 

[Ben j]

well my mate has tried to re-build a leaking one. stopped it leaking but its now moving very fast compared to the other one. he's put new seals in and put new oil in too.

any ideas y its got faster? def not leaking

 

[BenR]

depends what type of shock it is.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/alexander.phillips/aurok/page19.html

 

[Ben j]

yup he did it mate. now its like a pogo stick. think he may have overfilled perhaps?

how much oil generally do they take?

also yea he's e-mailed them now ben. thanx

 

[The Hoff]

Im guessing at too much internal pressure chap.

 

[MarkCup]

Need a lift Ben?

 

[Ben j]

na there my old ones mark, not my new ones. apart from not having a handbrake cable at the mo, my cars fine.

how would he get rid off the pressure if there's too much?