prevention of shock blowing: true or false?
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prevention of shock blowing: true or false?
something came to my mind but first i want to prove my point by giving an example. lets say the most you an lift with your arms is 100lbs. its obvious that no one can lift up the maxium weight above them for the rest of their lives. so by taking "breaks" by placing the weights on the floor, you recover and have better energy to lift the 100lb bar sooner or later. so onto my question:
by jacking up the car more often, would it relief your shocks and help prevent your shocks to wear out? ...meaning it wont be compressed the entire lifetime of the car and gives it a moment to uncompress.
thats why i tried to refer it to the human weight thing but thats the only similie i can think of.
but true or false? and why?
by jacking up the car more often, would it relief your shocks and help prevent your shocks to wear out? ...meaning it wont be compressed the entire lifetime of the car and gives it a moment to uncompress.
thats why i tried to refer it to the human weight thing but thats the only similie i can think of.
but true or false? and why?
hmm makes sense
but you gotta think...they might be engineered to be used that way so that they are under constant pressure. so it might not make much of a difference.
your theory makes sense tho. i odnt know if its true or not.
but you gotta think...they might be engineered to be used that way so that they are under constant pressure. so it might not make much of a difference.
your theory makes sense tho. i odnt know if its true or not.
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Rep Power: 276 i know shocks have some sort of oil but dont know what kind. maybe the oil used in shocks were meant to be pushed against each rapidly thus making the oil in the shock heat up as it rubs against/together for maxium performance/wear(?) im guessing if your car never moves during snow fall, the shock oil would be frozen and by driving around, it moves the oil flow in the shock.
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Rep Power: 306 Shocks control rebound and compression. The springs are actually holding the car up.
Lifting the car up only means that the shock is resting at a different point. Inside a shock are valves which control how fast up and down the movement is.
Lifting the car up only means that the shock is resting at a different point. Inside a shock are valves which control how fast up and down the movement is.
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Rep Power: 0 Automotive shock absorbers are mostly hydraulic. Hydraulic in a modern
sense refers to the use of fluid flow to do work of some kind. In the
case of the shock absorber, the flow of a fluid, oil in this case, dampens
the motion of a spring.
As the springs in an automobile suspension are compressed, a piston moves
inside a cylinder in the shock absorber and forces oil through a narrow
passage. The resistance to oil flow through this small passage develops a
force that slows the spring’s compression rate. This same procedure is
repeated in reverse as the spring extends.
Based on this logic, jacking your car up to let your shocks "rest" is actually putting them through unnecessary stress.
sense refers to the use of fluid flow to do work of some kind. In the
case of the shock absorber, the flow of a fluid, oil in this case, dampens
the motion of a spring.
As the springs in an automobile suspension are compressed, a piston moves
inside a cylinder in the shock absorber and forces oil through a narrow
passage. The resistance to oil flow through this small passage develops a
force that slows the spring’s compression rate. This same procedure is
repeated in reverse as the spring extends.
Based on this logic, jacking your car up to let your shocks "rest" is actually putting them through unnecessary stress.
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Originally Posted by Ershall
Automotive shock absorbers are mostly hydraulic. Hydraulic in a modern
sense refers to the use of fluid flow to do work of some kind. In the
case of the shock absorber, the flow of a fluid, oil in this case, dampens
the motion of a spring.
As the springs in an automobile suspension are compressed, a piston moves
inside a cylinder in the shock absorber and forces oil through a narrow
passage. The resistance to oil flow through this small passage develops a
force that slows the spring’s compression rate. This same procedure is
repeated in reverse as the spring extends.
Based on this logic, jacking your car up to let your shocks "rest" is actually putting them through unnecessary stress.
sense refers to the use of fluid flow to do work of some kind. In the
case of the shock absorber, the flow of a fluid, oil in this case, dampens
the motion of a spring.
As the springs in an automobile suspension are compressed, a piston moves
inside a cylinder in the shock absorber and forces oil through a narrow
passage. The resistance to oil flow through this small passage develops a
force that slows the spring’s compression rate. This same procedure is
repeated in reverse as the spring extends.
Based on this logic, jacking your car up to let your shocks "rest" is actually putting them through unnecessary stress.
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so the reason why the rear shocks would blow before the front is because the front is much heavier than the rear? if thats the case, leaving my system in the trunk would be a pretty good idea then eh?
so the reason why the rear shocks would blow before the front is because the front is much heavier than the rear? if thats the case, leaving my system in the trunk would be a pretty good idea then eh?
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Rep Power: 412 no it is the constant weight change. The front doesn't get any weight change. The engine is constant. The rear gets the **** in the trunk, people back there, and stuff you tow, so the weight pushing down on the rear shocks isn't static but dynamic thus causing them to blow ealier. Look at old tauruses and civics and accords. You will see the rear sagging but the front pretty much the same height it was when it was bought.
aummm what a buttload of work to switch around that ****......... and i would think that once you let ur ride stay low on (lets say springs) it sets in and so then when u put it back to say... stock it wouldnt be at actual stock ride height and if it was it wouldnt perform good
It wont help. The shocks die because motion causes presure and presure fatigues the seals. So any time its not moving its "resting". So no, it wont do a damn thing. Hitting speedbumps slower and avoinding potholes will do something though.
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