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What are these? Some sort of dampers?

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by INJUNTOM, Dec 6, 2012.

  1. INJUNTOM
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    Not sure what these are or where I got them. They seem to have a lot of dampening when pulling out but take no effort at all to go in...
     

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  2. Uh..shocks?????

    A lot of fluid filled shocks are soft to push in but hard to pull back
     
  3. INJUNTOM
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    Just the opposite. Slow rise, fast drop.
     

  4. INJUNTOM
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    They look like shocks, but would suck at that job. Virtually no resistance going in.

    I'm guessing they are supposed to be that way because someone masked them and started painting.
     
  5. bigblock69n
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    They look like the shocks i put on the front of my car. They are drag shocks that work that way to hold the front end down
     

  6. No....let me say this.those look like link pin empi vw shocks.they are Hard to pull but push in with little resistance.I personaly used them before and they did a Great job of dampening.shock doesn't have to be strong both ways to work well.think about how it acts WITH a spring
     
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  7. Andy
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  8. This is a trick question right?

    They pull out stiff to dampen rebound. I have heard them called boingers before but I think the real name is shock absorbers.
     
  9. ems customer service
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    fyi, certain industrail machines, material handling equipment, etc will have custom made shocks for very specific application.
     
  10. seb fontana
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    No brand or number on them?
     
  11. el Scotto
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    The short one is "Rusty".

    The long one is "Tapey".

    ;)
     
  12. mart3406
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    Hmm?? I don't think they're normal
    automotive shock absorbers. To me,
    they look and sound much more like
    "flux capacitors"! If you can find a
    part number on them anywhere, see
    if, by any chance, it cross-references
    a Delorian part number! If so, the
    mystery's solved!!:eek::eek::eek::eek::D
     

  13. If so can someone send me back to '73 so I can not enlist? Or if I do at least have the common sense to be a cook. :D
     
  14. Eslope T
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    Ski shocks for snow machines work that way, little resistance on collapse, high resistance extending. I found some nice, shiny, small sized ones, that looked good on my bucket, but you could tell it wasn't going to work.
     
  15. chaos10meter
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    from PA.

    Boy do you have that right.
    When we were drafted in 66, I went to armor then combat infantry training, my buddy went to cook school , he became a baker, he had the world by the ass.
    Nobody fucks with the cooks.
     
  16. INJUNTOM
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    Just checked and found no numbers
     
  17. Not only did he have the world by the ass he probably wasn't too worried about getting his shot off. I went to survival training after being a boot then hooked up with a recon unit. We didn't have a cook but we did have our own personal corpsman. It wasn't long before I would have given a months script just to see a cook. ;)
     
  18. They are fluid/oil filled shocks to the originals poster.end of story.cent believe this thread is real or even still open
     
  19. INJUNTOM
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    Ok, Mr. obvious, I guessed they were shocks or dampers of some sort (lucky guess?), but would like to know the application. :D
     
  20. Snow mobile? Volks wagon? Corvair?
     
  21. They are used on those things with the 4 wheels.ya know those things ya get in and make those 'vroom vroom' noises :D
     
  22. Yes as I was saying.they are most likely link pin vw front shocks.and I BELIEVE those are the 'drop' shocks.
     
  23. INJUNTOM
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    Look way to short to fit on my '61 Buggy:

    BTW, I do appreciate the participation...
     

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  24. WOW - this thread is unreal.
    First, yes they are some sort of shock or damper (synonymous words in automotive). I can't believe that question was even asked on the HAMB, take that back, these days I do believe it.
    Second, if they have no compression damping and lots of rebound, they are either shot, cheap junk, or a very weird application.
    Third, they are TOO SHORT for a lowered VW King/Link pin front 9.5" compressed, 14.5" extended is normal for a LOWERED VW front - and if anything you want MORE compression damping on a lowered front end to make up for the lack of travel to keep from bottoming out.
    Fourth, no one is going to be able to tell you what they fit from a picture without parts numbers or accurate lengths
     
  25. INJUNTOM
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    Wow! God is on the HAMB?
     
  26. el Scotto
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    He'd need to be to identify your fucking shocks, because no mortal human is gonna know!! :eek:
     
  27. Rusty O'Toole
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    Normal hydraulic shocks are supposed to have no resistance when hitting a bump (jounce) but resistance when the wheel is going back down (rebound).

    In other words those are regular old fashioned shock absorbers. What kind of car they came off of, your guess is as good as anybody's unless you can find a part number.
     
  28. Nonsense!
    When the car wheel encounters a bump in the road and causes the spring to coil and uncoil, the energy of the spring is transferred to the shock absorber through the upper mount, down through the piston rod and into the piston. Orifices perforate the piston and allow fluid to leak through as the piston moves up and down in the pressure tube. Because the orifices are relatively tiny, only a small amount of fluid, under great pressure, passes through. This slows down the piston, which in turn slows down the spring.

    Shock absorbers work in two cycles -- the compression cycle (AKA Jounce, or Bump) and the extension cycle (AKA rebound). The compression cycle occurs as the piston moves downward in the shock body, compressing the hydraulic fluid in the chamber below the piston. The extension cycle occurs as the piston moves toward the top of the pressure tube, compressing the fluid in the chamber above the piston. A typical car or light truck will have more resistance during its extension cycle than its compression cycle, but will have resistance in both directions. The compression cycle controls the motion of the vehicle's unsprung weight, while extension controls the heavier, sprung weight.
     
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  29. chevyburb
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    When I worked in a service station (check oil, wash windows & check tire pressure) in the 1962 ( gas was $.23 a gallon, but we gave commercial accounts a $.02 discount) we had a Monroe shock absorber display. It consisted of a 50gal. drum filled with concrete and mounted on the lid were 2 shock absorbers with a handle attached to each. You could move the worn shock back and forth with ease, but the new shock would compress easily, but you really had to pull the handle to get it back out. Let the spring do it's job THEN absorb the rebound.
     

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