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| | | Joined: May 2008 Posts: 210 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2008 Posts: 210 | One of my front shock absorbers is seized. First the arm would not even budge but I got it freed up with a lot of Releaseall and a hammer. Now as you probably can imagine the piston inside will not budge. I put a socket on it and put it into a vise and managed to push it in with much resistance, thinking it would break free and pop back out but it didn't.
How do these pistons come out? How can I rebuild this shock?
I bought another set at a swap meet a few years ago and wouldn't you know it that the same one is seized from both sets.
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| | | | | Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,780 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,780 | | | | | | Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,544 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,544 | GMONIZ, is that pdf file a info on doing "knee action" that was offered in the mid to late '30's?
I've got some '40 shocks that I've been thinking about working on but mine don't seem anything like whats shown in the pdf.
Thanks
Don
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,780 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,780 | I wasn't sure, so I included the parts manual for the 1941/6 too. | | | | | Joined: May 2008 Posts: 210 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2008 Posts: 210 | Thanks for your help. In the manual it says not to clamp it into a vise. I had it tighly in a vise and pounding it with a hammer to free up the arm. I most likely squashed the guts. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 26 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 26 | BowTieBits, has shocks for 34-46 Chevys for 105 plus a core of 25. google them online. I have purchase several parts from them,, Jeff (the owner) is good guy.
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 | THIS is the rebuilder Chevs of the 40s uses and they are cheaper than Apple.
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