help with oil leak.
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It could be dangerous in an invasive manueuver, BUT I would drive it as is, if they can get you a new shock in a week or two.
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Just curious , are they sending 4 new shock of the right size? maybe being that they were to long you compressed one to far , and that is the reason it leaked . I would make sure you get what you paid for.
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They are sending one. Hoping there will not be any more problems. At some point I would like to go to a 2.5" lift, and would be nice to already have the shocks. They say this should not be what caused the leak. It is a question I asked. I do not know enough about shocks to know if that could happen.. Will take anyone's two cents on this though.
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you really should cycle your suspension and make sure your shocks are not pulling double duty as bump stops... but i can pretty much tell you for certain they are and that this will most likely happen again.your options are to add to your bump stop length and reduce your up travel or get a new set of shocks with the correct travel for your application..
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Originally Posted by nvertflyer
you really should cycle your suspension and make sure your shocks are not pulling double duty as bump stops... but i can pretty much tell you for certain they are and that this will most likely happen again.your options are to add to your bump stop length and reduce your up travel or get a new set of shocks with the correct travel for your application..
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if you wheel your rig a lot then the loss of up travel would be unwanted but if you really only use it on the street then the loss would not really effect you much...kind of depends on what you do with it ...on the positive side you will have more down travel but now at full down travel you may need to extend your brake lines or add coil retainers to prevent your coils from unseating...there really is a balance to a correct suspension set up...
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Originally Posted by nvertflyer
if you wheel your rig a lot then the loss of up travel would be unwanted but if you really only use it on the street then the loss would not really effect you much...kind of depends on what you do with it ...on the positive side you will have more down travel but now at full down travel you may need to extend your brake lines or add coil retainers to prevent your coils from unseating...there really is a balance to a correct suspension set up...
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I'll have a set of 2.5" Teraflex coils for sale as soon as I get my new Evo coils in this weekend. Just thought I'd put it out there in case you're looking to save a few pennies