Re: Cult of the broken shock bolt

From: Bill Pitz (dakota@billpitz.com)
Date: Sun Oct 12 2003 - 00:11:31 EDT


On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 00:00:07 -0400, Donald.Mallett@BNSF.com ("Mallett,
Donald B") wrote:

>I think this has been touched on before about the shocks, but I ask it
>anyway?
>If its one brand of shock (manufacture)what's the odds that the shock may be
>too long? Meaning that when the front end is fully compressed, the shock
>itself is acting as the stop and busting the bolts?
>
>Just a shot in the dark here ;-)

I believe that Bernd mentioned this the last time that this issue was
brought up a couple of months ago.

I was thinking about putting together a quick survey web page to
collect some data about this in a more standard format. I'm curious
to see more specifics about the bolts that have been breaking.

-Bill



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