Early Sedan Strut Rebuild

[John Brown]

Hi,
Anyone have experience rebuilding early sedan struts? Besides seals, o-rings and a fluid change what other potential problems are there?
An old MotorTrend article describes the modifications they made to a coupe by cutting spring coils, shortening the bump stop and replacing the fluid with a heavier grade. I intend to use 10W fork oil but need to know the capacity, and also if it is "wet" or "dry" measurement. Can anyone help?
Thanks,
John

[riceburner006]

--- In anzhonda600owners@yahoogroups.com, "John Brown" wrote:
Hello John!I cleaned out at least 5 pairs,and only changed the oil. you have to compress the spring to take it off,and you should have a compresser made similar to the one in the shop manual. After the spring is off I check the dampening by stroking it.If it's off a high milage car,I would use 15w. fork oil. 10w. is too light.I once measured the old oil that I took out of a decent strut and it had 5 ounces.Most of the parts aren't available,so befor you start, get an extra pair for parts! This is not a fun job! Especially if you don't have the special compresser.I would say the piston ring is the most important part. riceburner006

> Hi,
> Anyone have experience rebuilding early sedan struts? Besides seals, o-rings and a fluid change what other potential problems are there?
> An old MotorTrend article describes the modifications they made to a coupe by cutting spring coils, shortening the bump stop and replacing the fluid with a heavier grade. I intend to use 10W fork oil but need to know the capacity, and also if it is "wet" or "dry" measurement. Can anyone help?
> Thanks,
> John

[John Brown]

Thank you, I'll let you know how it goes.
John
riceburner006 wrote:

> --- In
anzhonda600owners@yahoogroups.com
> , "John Brown"
> wrote:
> Hello John!I cleaned out at least 5 pairs,and only changed the oil.
> you have to compress the spring to take it off,and you should have a
> compresser made similar to the one in the shop manual. After the
> spring is off I check the dampening by stroking it.If it's off a high
> milage car,I would use 15w. fork oil. 10w. is too light.I once
> measured the old oil that I took out of a decent strut and it had 5
> ounces.Most of the parts aren't available,so befor you start, get an
> extra pair for parts! This is not a fun job! Especially if you don't
> have the special compresser.I would say the piston ring is the most
> important part. riceburner006
> > Hi,
> > Anyone have experience rebuilding early sedan struts? Besides seals,
> o-rings and a fluid change what other potential problems are there?
> > An old MotorTrend article describes the modifications they made to a
> coupe by cutting spring coils, shortening the bump stop and replacing
> the fluid with a heavier grade. I intend to use 10W fork oil but need
> to know the capacity, and also if it is "wet" or "dry" measurement.
> Can anyone help?
> > Thanks,
> > John