[Silly Little Cars] 93' GO-4 REAR SHOCK

[Charley]

Bruce,

It sounds to me like your spring is bad. The springs are what support the load, not the shocks. All the shocks do is dampen the bounce when you hit something. Without shocks you would bounce down the road like a baby carriage. Don't mess with the shock, figure out what is wrong with the spring.

Charley
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bruce Moulton 
  To: silly_little_cars at lists.sillylittlecars.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2014 7:05 PM
  Subject: [Silly Little Cars] 93' GO-4 REAR SHOCK


  I noticed the rear shock in the engine compartment on my 93' was fully compressed so I took it out to replace. Of course it is not made anymore but in trying to figure it out the shock itself seems fine but is fully compressed when on the vehicle no matter if it were new or not! It would seem like it would not work or do anything if installed in compressed state. Does anybody know why? What would happen if I cut the bottom clamp down a bit, drilled a new hole, and installed a different shock than the original that was not compressed after install?



  Bruce1804
  brucemmoulton at gmail.com


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