Re: 1932 shock absorber question
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Originally Posted by DavidG
They were originally designed to be temperature sensitive and there was/is a bi-metal core beneath that oblong threaded plug on the end of the shaft. That core adjusted the size of the internal orifices to better match them to the viscosity of the fluid at any given ambient temperature. They could be fine tuned by adjusting the core.
Many a re-buildable '32-'34 shock with that feature has been destroyed by improper removal of the bi-metal core.
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Thanks David very interesting.
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