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Apolpgies if you've already read this. I just added "shock absorber" to the title so it might attract someone who has the knowledge.
I was in the middle of trying to fit some garlock type lip seals to a spare front shock absorber about 5 months ago. I put the project down and came back to it yesterday. I had the arm pressed out of the body, but had left the pistons in the cylinders. I won't go into how I ended up with the rockershaft and both pistons on the floor and me with a bleeding finger, but it happened, and it was fast. The problem is that one piston has a rubber cup seal on it and the other doesn't. Since I didn't see them fly out I have no way of knowing whether the piston with the cup seal goes in the top cylinder or the bottom cylinder (assuming the shock is right side up). I cannot find a schematic or cutaway picture of the front shocks anywhere. Can any of you answer this question, and more importantly, tell me why only one piston has the cup seal. I'm gonna guess that the seal is on the cylinder that slows the "up" motion of the wheel, but I'm flailing here. Thanks, and I hope this post doesn't turn into one of those that goes down the list with "0" responses.
I was in the middle of trying to fit some garlock type lip seals to a spare front shock absorber about 5 months ago. I put the project down and came back to it yesterday. I had the arm pressed out of the body, but had left the pistons in the cylinders. I won't go into how I ended up with the rockershaft and both pistons on the floor and me with a bleeding finger, but it happened, and it was fast. The problem is that one piston has a rubber cup seal on it and the other doesn't. Since I didn't see them fly out I have no way of knowing whether the piston with the cup seal goes in the top cylinder or the bottom cylinder (assuming the shock is right side up). I cannot find a schematic or cutaway picture of the front shocks anywhere. Can any of you answer this question, and more importantly, tell me why only one piston has the cup seal. I'm gonna guess that the seal is on the cylinder that slows the "up" motion of the wheel, but I'm flailing here. Thanks, and I hope this post doesn't turn into one of those that goes down the list with "0" responses.
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