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What oil in oil filled shocks?
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 5:17 pm
by Bartman
I'm going to change the oil in my front shocks.
What is the best oil to use?
I don't want it to ride like it has house bricks cable tied in where the springs should go. So heavy ass oil is probably out.....
(I did once have a car that had a house brick cable tied in where a missing spring should have been..)
Re: What oil in oil filled shocks?
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 6:16 pm
by classicdat
Motor bike fork oil works ok. About 15 grade from memory. Hydraulic oil can be used too. Perhaps talk to John - Broke.
Re: What oil in oil filled shocks?
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 9:25 pm
by nzdatman
I used ATF years ago. Seemed to work.
Re: What oil in oil filled shocks?
Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 12:14 am
by brocky41
Pretty sure we were using hydraulic 46 weight oil in all those sunnys - you need something thats anti foaming etc - i think atf would expand alot with heat maybe?
Dad used Jack oil aswell - cant remember the weight but they all worked
Re: What oil in oil filled shocks?
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2016 6:41 pm
by mint16
Im with nzdatman, ATF works fine with no noticeable issues, provides good damping, not soft and not hard.
Re: What oil in oil filled shocks?
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2016 9:13 pm
by Bartman
ATF wins then!
Re: What oil in oil filled shocks?
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 8:02 am
by 2 doors
Yeah, we used atf back in the day.