F40 Shock Characteristics

[Fred Y.]

I am doing some well deserved sprucing up to my 66 which came with F40. Yesterday I removed the rear shocks & noted that their travel moved Down very easily, but the return or "UP" needs a long hard Tug----------Is this normal or are these supposed to have a similar amount of resistance both ways ? This is my 1st F40 car so I am not sure if these are good or shot.

Thank you

Fred

[Edward J.]

Re: F40 Shock Characteristics

Fred, that is normal, really should not check by full range of movement off the car ,oil charged shocks are metered , in real world driving, shocks on car shock will do the job of dampening with small movements, the way to check shock would be to jounce up and down a couple of times and see how they recover, should not see up and down motion more that once.

[Fred Y.]

Re: F40 Shock Characteristics

Thanks Ed,
When I put her back on the ground again I will check. I thought I read somewhere that these shocks have more (or should I say) faster movement one way than the other. I appreciate your help.