02-02-14, 06:50 PM
I bought a jack up kit this week and decided to fit it today. No issues there very easy job, however having not touched any of the rear shock properly before I only just noticed the state of it. The large silver linkage part with the 3 bearings was extremely dirty and all of the bearings were full of dirty sludge, the metal roller parts that are removable were all quite scored on each one and stained / burned an orange colour from the old grease. One of them had some slight corrosion too.
The worst however was the top of the shock. Is that one supposed to spin like the others? It is completely rigid and seized at the moment, I couldnt remove it to clean and re-grease it so have just left it where it is. I can take some photos if required. Is it an issue? How do I know what state of life the rear shock is in too? It doesn't look too bad but internally I cant see and don't know how to check it. Do you think it would be worth replacing the roller things in the linkage?
The worst however was the top of the shock. Is that one supposed to spin like the others? It is completely rigid and seized at the moment, I couldnt remove it to clean and re-grease it so have just left it where it is. I can take some photos if required. Is it an issue? How do I know what state of life the rear shock is in too? It doesn't look too bad but internally I cant see and don't know how to check it. Do you think it would be worth replacing the roller things in the linkage?