Fitting Bilsteins

[Dave C]

At 03:30 PM 2/13/2003 +1300, Duncan Thomson wrote:
>there was talk about a breather hole in some shocks which can suck in
>the liquid and destroy the insert...
>don't remember details, but if it has a hole of any sort, I would be
>wary of adding liquid to the strut housing...

Duncan,
This is the reason.  The Bilstein's I installed did have a hole at the
bottom.  I don't know for sure, but someone told me it is a breather hole.
I heard that if you put liquid in the housing it would be sucked up into
the strut and they would act like a solid rod.  I didn't want to test this
so made sure the strut housing was clean and dry.
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Dave C.