d_mina

Well I've always heard about it happening but now I've become a statistic ...I was changing my oil today and saw the shock piston out past the usual....so far it made a hole on the bottom side of my hood...at least it didn't go through...question is...if i fix this...is the shock still good to use...or should I just get another one? Thanks!




UPDATE: I took the shock out and this is what I found



Modified by teameracer3 at 11:02 AM 3/19/2005

civictildeath

it looks as though something wasnt installed correctly. it should be good to use still.

dantastic

if the rod isn't scratched (which could ruin the seal on the shock), it should be fine to re-use

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It looks like there could be some scoring on the rod (it may be grease or something), and if so, junk it.

AmginE

i don't see how that happened

duh blacksheep

how does that happen? if it was installed correctly, i dont see how the washer can break or whatever how

screwballz

same thing happened to me. forgot a washer somewhere. my teins were fine to use after that tho. but mine didn't go through my hood so hopefully yours are fine.

clint g

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yo dufus there's a washer that stops this it goes on after the bumpstop and before the 2 bushings and the sleeve not tryn 2 start nething but that what my uncle called me when i did the same thing