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Offline Ben Lessani

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Re: suspension needs doing
« Reply #10 on: 16 December 2010, 10:01 »
on some struts, they are 2 parts. A housing and insert. The shock being a little tube that threads into the housing.

Some are sealed, which means the housing and insert is 1 piece.
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Offline The Mighty Elvi

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Re: suspension needs doing
« Reply #11 on: 16 December 2010, 10:06 »
There we go. Having only bought and fitted 2 lots of shocks then obviously mine were sealed.  Hence the silly question.

Well you learn something new every day.

Thanks.
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Offline Wayne

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Re: suspension needs doing
« Reply #12 on: 16 December 2010, 11:00 »
Quote from: X4MGS on 16 December 2010, 00:22

BUT I would not fit the front ones again... The inserts are CR4P.... Buy OEM G60 struts whilst you can... Not that much dearer


What makes you say they are crap, I have never had any issues with inserts, main thing is to put a tiny amount of used engine oil in the housing first as it stops the insert rattling around.
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