On Sep 27, 2009, at 11:39 AM, Loren Busch wrote: > On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Jake de Villiers < > crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote: > >> That what the 'suspension' is designed to do Mr Squirrel - you aren't >> hurting anything. >> > > But ask Tom Buese about The Racetrack and rear shocks.... It was all Richard & Bob's fault! As discussed here last January or so, melted the tops of my 3 yo Bilstein touring shocks on the 84 westy trying to follow Richard in his syncro westy w/ all the HD syncro suspension upgrades(?). 26 miles of washboard trying the slow 5-12 mph & sometimes the 30-35 mph, float over the washboard, literally melted the tops of the shocks, blew the seals as Bob watched from behind. Drove to BBB & then home on the melted rears, replaced w/ the LESS expensive HD Bilsteins, & so far so good, but I haven't been back on the Racetrack Road in Death Valley again, so who knows? All of that said, I wasn't worried about the suspension failing, only about having to re-attach every loose nut & bolt on the westy from all the rattling. YMMV, Mr. BZ |
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