“D”
SERIES REAR SHOCK ABSORBERS.
Are you having trouble with your rear shock absorbers?
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Can’t keep them full of oil ?
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The oil is leaking/spraying
all round the underside of the car?
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The rear end “dances” all over the road on rough
surfaces?
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There is uneven wear to your tyres?
·
Maybe you have broken a rear spring?
Well then your shock absorbers are “shot”. 
The bad news is:- rear ones are a ‘bad’ shock absorber to
repair. Being an alloy body you will
find:-
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The body is worn by the shaft, (there aren’t any bronze bushes),
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The shaft is badly worn,
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The seal has gone hard and is leaking, or
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In the worst case the body has cracked round the ends
of the cylinders.
In any of the above cases it is a very expensive and doubtful exercise
to even attempt to repair these single arm rear shock absorbers, and certainly
in the case of a cracked body, it is an impossible exercise.
BUT - All is not lost, it is not all doom and
gloom !!
I have developed a system, and a kit, where modern telescopic tubular
shock absorbers can be fitted to the rear of “D” series cars. There is no
cutting, welding, drilling or any other similar ‘nasties’,
to the car.
The kit I have developed is fully manufactured, with all machining, welding,
drilling and cutting completed, and comes fully painted. The kit simply bolts
onto existing fittings on the rear of the chassis and axle housing, utilising some of the
existing bolts, and some new bolts supplied with the kit, and best of all they are
not easily seen when fitted.
And the good news is that the kit, complete with new shock absorbers and
fitting instructions only costs Aus$416.75, plus packing and post. (It would cost about this much, or more to
have the old “Armstrong” shocks reconditioned, and you still have a ‘doubtful’
job). And the telescopic shock absorbers
used are a good quality Australian made product, carrying a 2 year
unconditional warranty (disclaimer).
Give me a ring on 02 4757 2717 (
Ken Gardiner.