[Kurt in NJ]

Moving the shock arm up should have much less resistance than moving it down----when I was rebuilding shocks for my car I found that with the adjusting valve closed the 2 foot handle would still move up, but could feel like it was stuck moving the lever down---then I opened the needle valve so it took about 60 seconds to move with about 50 lbs on the handle----there is an article in the model A service bulletins about rebuilding and setting shocks---the 50lbs and 2 foot lever was my interpetation of the tool in the service bulletins