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Adelaide
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Shortening struts
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Sun, 01 June 2003 13:13
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Demuire:
The idea behind spacing a shorter strut and/or cutting the strut casing is to put the damper piston in the center of its possible stroke range when its loaded with the cars weight.
Because the piston in the damper moves up and down relative to the casing. it needs to fall in the center of the damper to give it distance to move both up and down freely. Else the damper can bottom out or have the piston torn from the damper top (the opposite of bottoming out)
Be sure you understand how the height that a car sits relative to its damper's stroke works. The Club4AG article is a good start but to help me understand i spent some time drawing up scenarios on some paper.
Cool1,
No offence, but it sounds like you dont really understand exactly what a MacPherson strut is and how it works. I would suggest actually grabbing a strut from a wrecker and pulling it appart. You'll get it in no time. Also take note of the differences between cartrige type and bolt on (later model type) struts.
Check ot the Club4AG link, its a pretty good how-to. But make sure you understand the ideas before actually doing it, after all you might not even need to cut/shorten the strut.
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