Adjustable Spax shocks - not so adjustable
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ive got these 2nd hand shocks. rears are fine and adjust perfectly but both front adjusters just keep spinning and dont come to a solid stop like they should do. Ive spoken to spax who informed me of the obvious, they think the adjusters are broken. They cannot be fixed and only new units can be supplied.

without getting into any technical arguements, has anyone ever attempted to remove, replace the adjuster. As they are oil filled not gas i expect this is ok to do.

I am going to strip one anyway to satisfy my curiosity and if i end up buying some more then ill cross that bridge....

I see from googling etc this is a common problem with the adjustable dampers.

will post picks when i have removed adjuster.

mossy

Its probably not worth the hassle mate.

Edited by MikeRace on 10th Dec, 2012.

1/4 Mile 14.3secs 96Mph Terminal 10psi of boost.


Fibreglass Parts? - http://www.tdkracing.co.uk/
Split Rims? - http://www.force-racing.co.uk/

Have you seen what new adjustable dampers cost?

im not too bothered about the cost of buying new dampers, it was a thing at the time that they were cheap. Ive got another set of gas shocks, it was more of a trial thing i was going to do to compare the two types.

The adjusters all seem to stick on the spax ones, i have removed the adjuster now and well...

I think i shall have top go out and buy some new ones and routinely adjust them to stop them sticking.

for those who are interested.

pucture of broken pin.


http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee508/...y2a/spaxpin.jpg

Common story it seems.

Protech, jobs done. Wolfie took some coilovers for a friend to them that had broken and they fixed them for him foc iirc. Brilliant customer service and light too as there ally. Abit more expencive but they are bloody good quality and made in the uk

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-Ford S-max Mk2 Ecoboost
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Searching is all you need on TurboMinis

Yep took some tvr cebera shocks to protech who stripped and rebuilt them foc

This is good to know, im running them all round.

1/4 Mile 14.3secs 96Mph Terminal 10psi of boost.


Fibreglass Parts? - http://www.tdkracing.co.uk/
Split Rims? - http://www.force-racing.co.uk/

Me too, coil-overs on the racer and normal lowered on the road car. No problems.

What right round? baby? right round round round like a record baby?

On 5th Oct, 2014 Shauna said:
What that's crazy, you go commando hahaha! How heavy is your helmet ?