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What fluid on a TB shock-absorbers ?
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2017 7:59 am
by jzr291
Blower Manual gives instructions for a TA or a TC, which do you follow with a TB ? TC, I should say.
Putting a wire down through the hole on top, first it does not go down much and then comes up with a dark mark about 0.5 cm high.
Does it need re-filling ?
When it needs, what do you refill it with ?
Nobody here knows the Girling Official Piston Type Hydraulic Damper Thin Fluid!
Is it the same at the rear than at the front ?
Thanks,
Jean and TB0592
Re: What fluid on a TB shock-absorbers ?
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2017 8:41 am
by Jean Vignau
I ll get some to-morrow, thanks
Jean
Re: What fluid on a TB shock-absorbers ?
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2017 11:35 am
by Jean Vignau
No special instructions as the Eaton came with a reconditionned SU,
the needles of which are supposed to be correct.
In fact, no instructions at all. Bolt on and see!
Jean
Re: What fluid on a TB shock-absorbers ?
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2017 11:58 am
by Roger Furneaux
hello Jean - the best modern alternative is motorcycle fork oil: the important thing is that it is "non-foaming".
Yours could quite likely be dirty inside, from the rubber seals, but to clean them is a big job and involves removing the screwed-on end caps. However, by taking off the top plates and holding them up-side down while working the arm up & down, will get most of the oil out.
The oil is the same for front & rear, metering valves in the pistons give differing "hardness".
oc[b]T[/b]agonally
Roger
On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 3:59 PM,
jeanvignau@orange.fr [mg-tabc] mg-tabc-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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Blower Manual gives instructions for a TA or a TC, which do you follow with a TB ? TC, I should say.
Putting a wire down through the hole on top, first it does not go down much and then comes up with a dark mark about 0.5 cm high.
Does it need re-filling ?
When it needs, what do you refill it with ?
Nobody here knows the Girling Official Piston Type Hydraulic Damper Thin Fluid!
Is it the same at the rear than at the front ?
Thanks,
Jean and TB0592
Re: What fluid on a TB shock-absorbers ?
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2017 2:35 pm
by Jean Vignau
Merci, Roger
Unscrewing the shock-absorbers tops must be very uneasy,
the 2 center scews being very close to the wings bottom.
Jean
Re: What fluid on a TB shock-absorbers ?
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2017 2:43 pm
by Charles Hill
Jean,
I think Roger means to take the shocks off of the car in order to pour the oil out of the top.
Charles Hill
On 9/18/2017 2:57 PM, 'Jean Vignau'
jeanvignau@orange.fr [mg-tabc] wrote:
Merci, Roger Unscrewing the shock-absorbers tops must be very uneasy, the 2 center scews being very close to the wings bottom.
Jean
Re: What fluid on a TB shock-absorbers ?
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2017 10:48 pm
by Jean Vignau
Thanks for the point, Charles.
I really did not see me unscrewing the top central screws successfully!
I add this to my winter projects.
Jean