I installed some rebuilt tubular shock links on the front of my sedan, original shock arms and link tubes. These do not stand plumb, used new rubber and grease covers. Rotating rubber and steel grease covers did not help. Wondering if anyone else has noticed this. Wondering as well if perhaps the rubber grease covers may not be manufactured correctly as compared to my other set purchased a few years ago. On my other A installed two years ago they are plumb.
Tubular shock links not plumb
- Thread starter mleder
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BRENT in 10-uh-C
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Look and verify a couple of things first. Also, is this on all four Links, -or just one axle??
Second, is the vehicle down on the pavement with all four Tires loaded? Remember that the Links are most vertical when the Shock Arm is in the middle of the stroke. A sagging front Spring will affect the Shock Arm still being horizontal, and so when the arc of the Arm is upward, it will affect the "plumbness" of the Link. The same could apply for the rear.
Also realize that the rubber covers and the metal retainers have nothing to do with the plumbness (-is that actually a word??)of the Link because it is the little brass cups that locate on the Perch Ball(s) and on the Arm Ball(s).
Bruce of MN
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There's always Plumbosity!