Adjusting Stipe's shock adsorber on a Roadster
 

Good evening, can someone give me his experience to adjust Stipe's shock absorbers on the Roadster? I've set all four to 1/2 left turn frome close position. On bad roads my roadster jumps like a pea on a drum!

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According to Stipe they deliver them adjusted 1/4 turn out from closed position. I would start at that setting and adjust the rear and front according to weight. Looking forward to getting mine this Thursday.

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It is also my understanding that the ride stiffens as you close the valve restricting the hydraulics. Some others might chime in if that is correct.

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Only the rebound stiffens as you close the restricting valve.

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SSsssteamer, that's good to know. That's probably why Werner's car is bouncing around a lot. His are opened a half turn. Since a shock's main purpose is to dampen the recoil this makes a lot of sense.

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Thanks for the previous hints. Does anyone have the basic attitude for a roadster? That can not be generalized, since these dampers have to regulate different body weights.

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The service bulletins has function specs, the picture gives scale for the lever, I figured the weight at about 30 lbs

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Kurt, thank you.
I have this manual. But I'm looking for practical experience for the roadster.

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I don't believe that when you adjust the shock that it only affects the rebound. Because the shocks work on a 20/80. So, when you make an adjustment it changes both fore and aft.

Try it, and prove it to yourself. I have a roadster and did this test. Disconnect the shock link, then make a change to the adjuster, then move the shock arm up and down. Make another adjustment and do the same test. You will feel a different resistance up and down on each adjustment.

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I don't think you can use adjustments that work for other cars---or that a roadster--1/4, sedan 3/8, pickup 1/2
The spring friction makes a big difference in how "tight" the shocks need to be to control body motion
Each shock will be a little different at the same adjustment setting ----setting up by the weight--time method will equalize them, from there a little tweak, a nudge can make a big difference in resistance if you feel the action is tight or loose

3 days after lubing the springs my car went from too tight to too loose and I had to tighten up the shocks, lubing the springs, tightening the shocks made the ride better and less skitter on bumpy corners

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Hello forum helper, now today I have resolved the problem with the rodeo jumps of my roadster. I had the text "anticlockwise" misunderstood! The needle valves I had first turned from the left stop 1/2 - 3/4 turn to the right. That was the wrong mistake.

Now I did it the other way around. From the right side 1/4 turn to the left. And now the car "glides" now over hill and dale like a quail in the air.

Thanks to the forum again for your good support and help!

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thanks for the experience....are you saying you screwed in the needle valve more?


LG


Eric

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Eric, I turned the needle valves on a wrong thinking. The needles was too much opened and therefore the adsorbers did not adsorbe enough.

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jetzt verstehe Ich….viel Gluck.