Re: air shocks typical psi ?
[Re: stumpy]
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08/16/08 04:15 PM
08/16/08 04:15 PM
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Your not lucky you're using them correctly. Which we already agreed on.
Yes & yes.
Story time though about not using them correctly. I do remember a guy who bought a bright yellow 69, ss396 chevelle, new. Put L60's on 10" wheels & believe it or not, 180#'s in his hi-jackers. I rode in it once & every gear bang it felt like a rabbit. Kinda fun actually, except for hitting your head on the roof. I don't recall the car died a slow enough death to break the mounts but, I saw it one night on the side of the road after one of the shocks exploded. I understood that happened regularly. Boy, I miss the 60's!
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Re: air shocks typical psi ?
[Re: IronWolf]
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08/16/08 04:17 PM
08/16/08 04:17 PM
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slantzilla
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The thing is , the weight of the body is borne by the torsion bars and leaf springs.
Once ago, in a galaxy far, far away, somebody with a rot-box had the upper shock mounts punch through because of rampant corrosion. He posted for eons about this, and it passed into Mopar "lore" - air shocks are bad. This is called "groupthink". LMFAO
There are other myths...
Not necessarily so. I had them on my Duster and broke the left shock mount out of the trunk with 25 psi in them. Absolutely rust free body.
"Everybody funny, now you funny too."
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