Those that remember in November I got my Clubman a RWC and rego'd. I thought i would change my S shocks and the front and thought, oh well, do the Clubman as well. I removed one of them and compressed the shocky. It didn't even look like going back out. all were like it So check our minis, even if it has just been through a RWC

Can't wait to drive it and see how it drives tommorrow.

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That sounds about right to me , not many shocks do return by themselves , unless they have a spring assist on them . They are normally fairly easy to compress , then quite firm to pull back out . Thats how they work , by damping the return .............. . If you try bounce the front by pushing the guard down it should be quite stiff , if it does bounce , the shockies are stuffed ...

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1965 Morris 850
1966 Morris Mini Minor
1967 Morris Cooper 'S'
1977 Leyland LS

yeah, the car did bouce a bit, plus they look like the original green ones.

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shock should pull it self back up, doesnt need assistance they must of been really soft

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oil leak?..what oil leak..that puddle under the car is just sweat from all that horsepower

What makes a shock pull itself back up? Do they all do it? (this is a trick question )
Gas shocks will extend themselves quite quickly but normal plain oil filled unpressurised shocks will just sit still and stay in the spot you left them.

Some shocks only give resistance on the return stroke and not the bump stroke but good shocks will work in both directions.

ah this is true. i forgot about oil filled ones

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oil leak?..what oil leak..that puddle under the car is just sweat from all that horsepower

They are all oil filled, even the gas shocks are oil filled.

... you know what i mean

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oil leak?..what oil leak..that puddle under the car is just sweat from all that horsepower

:mrgreen:

Valvoline


You know what i mean

tut tut tut.... not original....

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did I tell you that I won a trophy?

I know about my S, I put them on ages ago, and you can't see them unless you remove the wheels, and improve the handling slightly

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I keep meaning to do the same to mine... but you know, getting around to it is something else altogether

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did I tell you that I won a trophy?

I got mine added when I had the mini restored

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The simple way to test shocks, and the way its meant to be done for a RWC is to push the car down, and count the undulations until it stops "bouncing." Its meant to only cycle 1 1/2 times showing that the shock absorber is doing its job.