So you are saying they are rebuildable?

I thought they were crimped shut.

Tell us more...

Dan

On May 3, 2013, at 9:46 AM, Jim Cathey <j...@windwireless.net> wrote:

>> beginning to wonder whether the hydropneumatic struts themselves are the
>> problem.  They don't leak, but I am not getting any cushioning going over
>> potholes and there is nothing else to blame.  Any way to test their
>> resiliency (if that's the word)?
> 
> I rebuilt one of mine that was leaking, and there's not much
> in there.  A piston with leak holes in it, with spring flaps
> over them.  Hard to see how any kind of failure would make
> it _stiffer_.  Springs fail by getting weaker, not stronger.
> 
> -- Jim
> 
> 
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