03-05-12, 09:40 AM
Strewth, how feccin' paranoid can you lot get? 
Until this happened K-tech were the bee's wossnames to those who'd used them, now there's all sorts of dark mutterings and bad thoughts about dirty workshops and lord knows what else.
External grit won't harm any shock so this isn't going to be a repeat problem for that reason.
I've seen how scrupulously clean the K-tech workshops are and believe me, suspension work needs that kind of cleanliness and organisation. It's a fact that a tiny bit of grit or metal swarf in the works can cause mayhem. Difficult and embarrassing to admit if that occurs but the true test of any firm is how they handle the things that go wrong ... and they inevitably go wrong for even the best of them.
Damping goes off as the oil gets thin with age and use. The nitrogen gas charge can leak out slowly over time. Adjusters get corroded, clicks cease to be audible or tangible ... all these are symptoms of a shock needing an overhaul.
Instead treating this like some feccin' girlie soap opera, why not park the borderline hysteria and see what comes back from K-tech?
Until this happened K-tech were the bee's wossnames to those who'd used them, now there's all sorts of dark mutterings and bad thoughts about dirty workshops and lord knows what else.
External grit won't harm any shock so this isn't going to be a repeat problem for that reason.
I've seen how scrupulously clean the K-tech workshops are and believe me, suspension work needs that kind of cleanliness and organisation. It's a fact that a tiny bit of grit or metal swarf in the works can cause mayhem. Difficult and embarrassing to admit if that occurs but the true test of any firm is how they handle the things that go wrong ... and they inevitably go wrong for even the best of them.
Damping goes off as the oil gets thin with age and use. The nitrogen gas charge can leak out slowly over time. Adjusters get corroded, clicks cease to be audible or tangible ... all these are symptoms of a shock needing an overhaul.
Instead treating this like some feccin' girlie soap opera, why not park the borderline hysteria and see what comes back from K-tech?