I bought some o ring from my local bearing shop. I got the high temp viton rubber. $15ea. 42mm diameter and 2mm thick. I suggest Lapping the seal surfaces on a sheet of glass. If they are damaged. This also helps remove the taper in the top one.
I use a mix of 50/50 shell advance motorcycle shock oil 15 and 20 wt. Track use requires rebuilding every couple of years as the oil chars on the out side of the shafts. Cheers Trev On Sat, 2003-05-31 at 21:53, Terry Rudd wrote: > Alan, > > You can rebuild stock struts, and I recommend that you use motor cycle > fork oil (stock is 5w, 10w is firm, 15-20w is racing). The "O" ring in > them isn't anything special and you might be lucky and still be able > to get original ones from Nissan, but you only need to replace it if > there is obvious signs that it's leaking. > > regards > Terry > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mick > Ralph > Sent: Saturday, 31 May 2003 9:46 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Rebuilding 1600 struts. > > > Alan > I think you would be better advised to put inserts into your > struts? > I'm not sure at all that the originals can be rebuilt. > Inserts are so easy. > Just as an aside have u considered the cost of upgrading your > struts to something that can take decent brakes before you > spend money on standard stuff? Its very easy to do and I > reckon the cost would be minimal. > Cheers > Mick > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alan Attwood > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 9:03 AM > Subject: Rebuilding 1600 struts. > > List, > I have the original struts in my 1600 and am going > to have a go at rebuilding them today. They've got > about as much friction as a spoon in a bowl of > custard, so they need it badly. For this reason I'm > pretty sure the O ring will need replacing. I've > never had a set appart before, so I was wondering if > this O ring is just the regular type you'd find in a > tap fitting or whatever, or if they need to be ordered > at an automotive shop. > > Thanks. > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- trev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
