shock testing?
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shock testing?
I will be installing sport springs and shocks, and replacing some badly worn control arms on my non-sport A4 soon. I will soon have 7 used shocks, 4 front and 3 rear. 4 are higher milage than the other 3. Assuming they are all visually OK, how would I pick the best of the lot other than just by assuming the reported milage on the shocks is accurate? By how difficult it is to push it in and out?
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I agree but.....
between control arms, heater fan, timing belt, water pump, MAF, various hoses and valves, chip, resonator, etc. this has not been the cheapest car I have owned. At least I can do the work myself...
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Re: Chip is not a maintainence issue, nor is resonator.
3 of the shocks are low milage (14K according to the seller) and they were cheap. So I have two higher milage rear shocks to choose from. Your right the chip was my choice, the resonator was damaged by road debris.
Accepting that I am going to go with used shocks can you answer the question of how to pick the best one?
Accepting that I am going to go with used shocks can you answer the question of how to pick the best one?
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Just avoid ones which appear to be leaking any fluid, and ones which are very easy to compress..
They aren't going to be terribly hard, but get a feel for the stiffer ones, and use them. Generally, if no oil is leaking, they should all be relatively close in stifness. Good luck!!
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