Wonderfull. Back in the day we used to get a repair kit for shocks, then they were bled untill all the air was out. The last one of those I ever saw was a friend repairing them on a Toyota Celica in around 1975!
A portion of the energy generated by the earthquake is spent shaking the fluid back and forth in the dampers, which in turn reduces the energy available to damage the wall or building structure.
After 3.40 when i saw the spring compression seat pop out on one side I was expecting the worst from then on, especially so when you took a pry bar to the spring and then again when you gave the spring a belt with a mallet to seat it. Anyway, im glad it all ended well.
better a mallet than my fingers! The spring was already captive at that point. The pry bar was to adjust the spring stop tab and did not touch the spring.
@@Badgertronix Thanks for the explanation. All of us avid fans out here only get the one fixed view of what you are doing, which obviously can't cover every detail. I'm sure you are fully aware that compessing these coil springs can be seriously dangerous stuff. Over the past 50 years of fixing vehicles I thankfully have had no safety issues, but I have twice seen the utter devistation that was left behind when things went catastophicaly bad, resulting in a lot blood and guts everywhere. One was when the mechanic had been "hammering the spring" to locate it, this caused the one end to snap off one of the compression tools. The resulting uncontrolled and rapid expansion of the coil spring then snapped the end off the new shock absorber strut! Its a job that requires much respect and 100% concentration with no other distractions at all. And of course wearing all the appropriate safety gear, including the Hi-Viz too. Just stay safe mate, I love following your channel, i would hate to see it come to an abrupt and untimly end. David in the UK.
The safety sliders are back!! Can’t wait for British summer time to get my safety umbrella out 🌧
Absolutely! All for the comments 😂
Nice to see the safety flops while doing death springs lol great work as ever buddy
You gotta be safe mate 😂
Wonderfull. Back in the day we used to get a repair kit for shocks, then they were bled untill all the air was out. The last one of those I ever saw was a friend repairing them on a Toyota Celica in around 1975!
ah wow, that's going back a few years!
Well done ✔ I'm marking this down as your first Diy video. 😅
Thanks buddy. Just wait for my first makeup tutorial
A portion of the energy generated by the earthquake is spent shaking the fluid back and forth in the dampers, which in turn reduces the energy available to damage the wall or building structure.
It's odd to see the shock just pulled out and replaced like that. Don't think I've ever had to do a strut of that design.
I hadn't see anyone else use shocks like that until I changed some on the rear of a Nissan Maxima.
After 3.40 when i saw the spring compression seat pop out on one side I was expecting the worst from then on, especially so when you took a pry bar to the spring and then again when you gave the spring a belt with a mallet to seat it. Anyway, im glad it all ended well.
better a mallet than my fingers! The spring was already captive at that point. The pry bar was to adjust the spring stop tab and did not touch the spring.
@@Badgertronix Thanks for the explanation. All of us avid fans out here only get the one fixed view of what you are doing, which obviously can't cover every detail. I'm sure you are fully aware that compessing these coil springs can be seriously dangerous stuff. Over the past 50 years of fixing vehicles I thankfully have had no safety issues, but I have twice seen the utter devistation that was left behind when things went catastophicaly bad, resulting in a lot blood and guts everywhere. One was when the mechanic had been "hammering the spring" to locate it, this caused the one end to snap off one of the compression tools. The resulting uncontrolled and rapid expansion of the coil spring then snapped the end off the new shock absorber strut!
Its a job that requires much respect and 100% concentration with no other distractions at all. And of course wearing all the appropriate safety gear, including the Hi-Viz too.
Just stay safe mate, I love following your channel, i would hate to see it come to an abrupt and untimly end.
David in the UK.
Nice shock job!! I see the morris car in background, aren't you working on it to finish it?
I moved the Morris which I guess is progress
How long did it take, minus the camera set-ups? Nice big spanner, by the way!
Cheers! Less than an hour total for both sides I think it was. Nice simple old tech!
@@Badgertronix I was expecting a lot longer than that - I'm impressed!
Hey there Badger, i have just bought a Audi 80 myself. the bulb is out in the Interior roof light, do you know how to get it out to change the bulb?
Does it not have a dust cover sleeve
Where did you buy the struts from?
Rockauto
Doesn’t the shipping cost alot?
Not compared to trying to buy them locally