Hmmm. . No strut snubbers, Are they necessary? |
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Hmmm. . No strut snubbers, Are they necessary? |
aircooledboy |
Jul 29 2007, 12:24 PM
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Sweet Pea's 1st ride in daddy's "vroom -vroom" Group: Members Posts: 1,672 Joined: 4-February 04 From: Rockford, IL Member No.: 1,629 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Well, got the old strut out and MAN was it a beotch to compress. Once I got it out, it is a very new Bilstien, but is was VERY stiff, and literally has less than 1.5 inches of travel. That can't be good. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)
However, there were no rubber "snubbers" under the dust cap. I can probably find a set on one of the parts cars, but before I make the effort, are they necessary? |
BIGKAT_83 |
Jul 29 2007, 12:38 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,798 Joined: 25-January 03 From: Way down south Bogart,GA Member No.: 194 Region Association: South East States |
Chris.......John got that complete rebuilt front end from Rich Johnson right before you got the car. I'm very suprized that you had a bad strut.
If you can't find any snubbers I've got a basement full of them. Bob |
McMark |
Jul 29 2007, 01:52 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
You need snubbers to keep the shock from bottoming out and destroying itself. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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aircooledboy |
Jul 29 2007, 06:31 PM
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Sweet Pea's 1st ride in daddy's "vroom -vroom" Group: Members Posts: 1,672 Joined: 4-February 04 From: Rockford, IL Member No.: 1,629 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Thanks Bob, but I yanked a couple of good ones from a parts car.
After looking things over more carefully, I realized that there is no snubber, because there is no place to put one. The inserts were heavy duty Bilsteins. The shaft broadens out to 95% of the full insert size right below where the dust cover sits. I looked up the part number, and it is listed under both 914 and 68-72 911. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) BTW: Don't tell anybody, but the inserts I used were "Gabriel Premuim Gas" struts I picked up at the FLAPS about 4 years ago when I found them on a clearance table marked down from $249.00 to $49.00. They were the only struts on the table, and when I saw they were for a 914, I figured it was fate for me to find them, so I bought them even thought I didn't need them. I know they are not from the motherland, but they ride great. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) |
TimT |
Jul 29 2007, 07:55 PM
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retired Group: Members Posts: 4,033 Joined: 18-February 03 From: Wantagh, NY Member No.: 313 |
QUOTE You need snubbers to keep the shock from bottoming out and destroying itself. Not only that, when the strut suddenly stops in compression. The spring rate goes to infinity and weird handling issues follow. |
sj914 |
Jul 30 2007, 02:58 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 805 Joined: 20-August 03 From: San Jose, CA Member No.: 1,053 |
iirc bilsteins have the rubber snubbers built in to the shock.
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